POLICE CHIEF’S SPARROWS
Every morning, without fail, the chief constable of Blackpool, Lancashire, Mr H. E. Derham, takes with him to his station a paper bag. He goes into the courtyard, and scatters the contents of the bag round the base of an elm tree. Immediately scores of waiting sparrows, who perch themselves at vantage points around the spot at the same hour each day, descend for their morning feast. The scraps of food are collected by Mr Derham at his home before leaving for his day’s work. Osmium, a very hard metal, used largely in making gold pen points, is the heaviest substance in the world. It weighs 14041 b per cubic foot, or 98 per cent, more than lead.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22269, 23 May 1934, Page 10
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