THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
In TmiiiT.KN Vkaiss! ‘ It is difficult to believe that it is only thirteen years ago Mine M. Bloriot startled the world by traversing the English Channel in his iiiiiiioplnne. Since then "hat .stupendous advances have been made in the navigation of the air!- advances which make M. lileriot’s gallant achievement seem like a Hilling laboratory experiment. . . The world is plainly shrinking before our oyc.s. Its inaccessible places ate surrendering to the assault of discovery and invention, ami its vast spaces are h silt' their separating power. No longer do ‘mountains divide ns and a waste o! seas.’ Modern civilisation takes them in its stride more effectively than ever did the owner of the Seven-League Boots. As honey may he gathered from every weed si it is possible to reflect that it was out of the hitler ordeal of the war that this triumphant development of flying eame.” “Morning Post.’’
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1924, Page 2
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153THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1924, Page 2
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