The Homing Pigeon.
The Homing pigeon is but seldom used in this colony for the conveyance of messagef, though on raot days the publio have seen some released to take the results of the raeti to Wanganui. It ii an historical fact that pigeons wtre employed ai carriers by the ancients and Hirtius and Brutus eorr«Bponded by means of pigeons at the Beige of Ifodena. The utilisation of the homing pigeon was brought io its highest degree of excellence during the siege of Paris, when messages at 6d a word, or half a frano if posted in France, were micro-photographed and conveyed into the beleagured oity. The message is generally tied to the ltf, though at times it is fastened to the neck or wing. A carrier pigeon is credited with being able to return to its home even if 1000 miles away. In a pigeon race in 1872 from Spalding to London the speed was guaged at 90 seconds a mile. In another race in 1886 some pigeom attained the velocity of 1288 yardf per minute. There are about 800 pigeon flying societies in Franoe. The organisation of carrier-pigeon stations was ordered by the French Minister of War in 1888. There are about 810 similar sooieties existing in Germany.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1896, Page 2
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210The Homing Pigeon. Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1896, Page 2
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