ANGRY COCKATOO.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 4

ANGRY COCKATOO.

RESCUE FROM A TREE

FIREMEN MEET DEFJANefi

(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, January 20.

A white cockatoo, which had become tethered near the top of a tall pine tree in Glebe, a Sydney suburb, offered stout resistance when firemen climbed their swaying ladder to bring it down.

The cockatoo, The property of Mr. D. J. Doherty, broke free, escaping into a drill hall nearby. Although handicapped by several feet of chain, secured "to one of its- legs, it "found refuge in a tree. ' The bird apparently felt itself safe from capture-. 65ft from the ground, and -repressed its pleasure by swinging repeatedly round a branch. This wrapped the chain tightly round thu wood, and the bird could not release itself. Mr. Doherty tried to entice the bird down, not realising that it was trapped. Other people threw stones in an effort to dislodge it before they' became aware that the bird was helplessly caught.

Mr. Dolicrly enlisted the aid of the Glebe Fire Brigade, but the tree could not be climbed because- the first branch was more than 20ft from the ground. There was no ladder long enough at Glebe, so a ladder was sent from headquarters. . The cockatoo kept up a continuous screeching as the firemen climbed the swaying ladder, and when they reached him,, kept them at bay for nearly ten minutes. Then a bag was slipped over it, the chain was released, and the bird Avas carried down to its cage,

Ramsey Wilson,- Ltd., auctioneers, will soil by public auction, starting a* 10.30 a.m. tomorrow, the whole of the plant and contents of the Civic Lounge Restaurant, on the premises. 50 Manners Street. ' ...-■".