The news by the Calif ornian mail was enrionsly delayed in its transmission to BalUrat. The operators in the Telegraph office found that there was something seriously ' wrong with the wires. They were puzzled forsome minutes, until they went outside and saw that alarge crowd was watching the performance of an escaped cockatoo. The bird bad got away with a long steel chain attached to one of jts legs, and cad selected one pi the telegraph wires, abont midway between the ppstj, 1 as its' perph. ' The bird itself 1 wonlu not. have done much harm, but the (Jhairi which (tingled about the wires, and aAtinately got twisted' xound them, inter* fered very materially with the work in the office. l The most assiduous coaxfng^and the heaviest stones were of no avail, and 4 lad* dtr had to be procured to remove the peccant, jwlly."
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1103, 9 February 1872, Page 3
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