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A PARROT BURGLAR ALARM. PARIS, June 15. After a Marseille., dentist and his j wife bad attended the theatre, they j returned to find their house in dis- I order. ■ Doors were open, drawers I were pulled out, and on the floor was '] a parcel containing Mndamc’s jewellery j and blocks stolen from the surgery. | Thieve* bad watched the couple leave, and bail burgled the house. Wlint made them decamp, leaving their booty behind jn a, panic? It was “Pretty Polly?” Madame bad ! trained Iter parrot to shout and whistle when a stranger entered the bouse. Patients were amused at being greet- i eil with a shirk, “This way! We’ve j got them!” and an imitation of polieewhixtles. D was thus that the parrot, seared the burglars. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1932, Page 5
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129NOVEL DEVICE Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1932, Page 5
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