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efforts of returned men. USE OF ARTIFICIAL LEGS. The limbless returned soldier who i considers himself inordinately handicapped by his loss will be cheered by the news of the following achievements made possible by the use of artificial legs. .On Easter Monday a New Plymouth man. jvå one of the metal legs issued by the Government on his left leg, which had been amputated above the knee, climbed to within a quarter of a mile, of the summit of Mount Egmont. But for the fact th,at night was falling fast, and the risk of being caught on the mountain lin the dark was too great, he says he would have been able to reach the summit without discomfort. The return journey was made without difficulty in; good time-. The Digger referred to Ls Mr. P. B. Butler, brother of Mr H. E. Butler, of Paeroa.
The case is quoted of a member of the New Ze.aland Flying Corps with a leg amputated above the knee, who goes every year to the Sockburn aviation centrig. He is said to hold t-ie time record, for flights between Sockburn and TOmsiru.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5144, 27 June 1927, Page 2
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190CARRYING ON. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5144, 27 June 1927, Page 2
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