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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 291, 8 September 1928, Page 25

“The idea of a monarchy for Germany is entirely abolished,’ sgid Mr. H. kHemmen, German Acting-Consul-General for Australia, who arrived m Auckland recently (reports the Auckland Star ). Hq said that the Republican idea had taken deep root in Germany, and "’hue there might be a small Monarchist parts, public opinion would not tolerate a return to the old regime. A bird with a particularly shrill whistle has been heard in Ashburton by several residents lately, and a good deal of interest is being taken in. the stranger the “Press”). Its piping is lieal-d only late at night, and has been m evidence only during the present moon. One observer considers that the bird is a canary, while another claims that it is a nightingale, a number of which were released nt Auckland some months ago. The probabilities are. that it is a shining cuckoo, an early arrival.