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Show 'AUSTRALIANS ARE GREATLY AGITATED London. March 17 Australians are considerably agitated, according to the i Daily Chronicle s correspondent In .Melbourne, by the report that "Can-i "Can-i barra." the name recently selected for the new Ideal capital city of the commonwealth, com-monwealth, really means "laughing jackass " . Archibald Meston. a noted Queensland Queens-land authority on aboriginal names, makes the amusing assertion after having studied the derivation of the word. Those who regard the author's verdict as correct are blaming the government for not taking preliminary prelimi-nary precaution of having ascertained the meaning of "Canbarra " before coming to a decision. The laughing Jackass of Australia is not a jackass, but a large bird which is highly appreciated by farmers farm-ers because it kills snakes The name laughing jackass" Is given to the bird because of Its raucous cr which it emits usually at sunup and sundown. sun-down. The cry so resembles the laughter of a human being in uncontrolled uncon-trolled glee that it i; almost impossible impossi-ble for those who hear it constantly to retain their gravity oo |