AN EXPLANATION,
TO TIIH KMTOR Olf TUB STAR, Hm,— l was looking through youi- llttlo papor hint evening, nnd I naw a local in your columns respecting tho white swan, stating: that Mr Walter Cooksoy was tho gentleman that paid ho much attention lo it, whicli I contradict, us Mr Cooitsey was tho ono thnt wanted to let lt ho whoro it wan, I was the parson that got out of the boat and took It to Mr Lockhart, and asked him what was tho best to bo dono with It. lie advised mo to take It to Mr Johnstone, of Fondnltown. On inquiring the next day, it wnn found to bo ono of tho birds bolonglng , to tho Acclimatization Society, It also slated in your local that tho bird was found on Monday, which Is a mistake, an tho bird waa found on Sunday afternoon, and not on Monday, aa your rcportor states, Your obodiont servant, G, ABIIBOLT. J^y 23, 1808,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 61, 24 July 1868, Page 3
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162AN EXPLANATION, Star (Christchurch), Issue 61, 24 July 1868, Page 3
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