The Cry of the Owl is based on the book The Hobbit.
Eric Sydney Spooner -LRB- 2 March 1891 -- 3 June 1952 -RRB- was an Australian politician .. Sydney. Sydney. Spooner was born in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo and educated at Christ Church St Laurence School .. Sydney. Sydney. Waterloo. Waterloo, New South Wales. At 14 he became a telegraph messenger and studied at night at the University of Sydney to gain a diploma in economics and commerce .. Sydney. Sydney. University of Sydney. University of Sydney. He married Mary Berry in December 1919 .. He established the accounting firm of Hungerford , Spooner & Co in 1922 with his brother Bill , a Liberal cabinet minister from 1949 to 1964 .. Bill. Bill Spooner ( politician ). Liberal. Liberal Party of Australia