GULL’S UNTIMELY END

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 41, 18 February 1932, Page 8

GULL’S UNTIMELY END

VILLAGE IN MORNING. Kessingland, the seaside village near Lowestoft, England, is in mourning for “Billy ” Britain’s most sagacious seagull, who has come to an untimely end. Hn was beaten to lea th by a boy of 15, whom the Lowestoft magistrates placed on probation. Residents and visitors to Kessingland all knew “Billy,” who has fed from thousands of hands. His owner, Mr. Arthur Gouldby, found him when he was quite young, eight years ago, ami taught him many tricks. Every morning at eight, “Billy” knocked at the door with his beak, was admitted and fed on bread and milk, Then he would collect twigs in the garden and make a mound on which he would proudly stand. He never deviated by a minute in his morning call and’if no notice was taken of him on entering he would tug at the table cloth until he had attracted attention. “Billy’s” body has gone to the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in London and will take a place in the society’s museum.