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\ eii AEROPLANES' beat pigeons. (United Press Association—By Electric 1 '■ Telegraph—Copyright.) '•• • pC'jX-C : LONDON, July 12. A race between an aeroplane and racing pigeons, held in England ovjeri' an, eighty-mile course, wgs won easily by the aeroplane. Although it left fifteen minutes after the birds werte released it landed at the Norwich Aerodrome twenty-three minutes before the first pigeon. The ; race,- believed to he the’ first ‘of its kind) attracted considerable attention in sporting circles, for it was the outcome of an argument and a sub-, sequent wager between the members oL a Norfolk aero club and those of the .East Anglian. Federation of Racing Societies. The stake of £lO was given to one of the funds for h nurses’ home being built in connection ‘ with the NOnvich. Hospital. ■<[ , ■ (
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 6
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