HELIGOLAND FOR BIRDS
A propositi that Heligoland should be made into a sanctuary for birds was put forward al a meeting of (In; lioyai_Society for the Protection o)' Birds at Middlesex Guildhall recently. f.ortl Desborough wrote: "Heligoland i'i>r a bird sanctuary instead of a hidingplace for submarine-; and dtslroyers is a most attractive s;-henie." The Duchess of Portland, who presided, sail! she hoped llttil the Board of Agriculture would use their ample opportunities iur spreading accurate knowfedgo in rtgard to the value of birds as the enemies of vermin and.insect?. The Duchess of Somerset said that two big West End stores had been selling Oirusbes and blackbirds for food. Protests were made, and they were taken off the market,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 7
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119HELIGOLAND FOR BIRDS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 7
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