MAGPIE STEALS LETTER.
THEFT FROM POSTAL BOX. A magpie was noticed emerging from a roadside- letter box on Killawarra Road, » few miles out of Wingham, one recent Sunday afternoon, says a Sydney paper. Two residents coming down from Kimbrik'' witnessed the occurrence. The magpie had a letter in its beak. No sooner had it got clear of the box than two other magpies attacked it, and appeared to bo strenuously endeavouring to take the letter from the "postal-box thief." Tho eyewitnesses of the occurrence, however, declare that the bird stuck tenaciously to tho letter. When they last saw tho magpie it was flying in tho direction of sunset Some postal official, will perhaps bo blamed for tho disappearance of this letter—and tho service is in for a bad time generally if the magpies are going to start robbing tho wayside letter boxes.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19221207.2.125
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18267, 7 December 1922, Page 11
Word Count
142MAGPIE STEALS LETTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18267, 7 December 1922, Page 11
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in