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Shannon News, 9 October 1923, Page 3

London: has \cveraJ. underground rivers, one of them, being known as the Tigris. This is supposed t,o have been a ditch,, widened by Canute to enable Danish vessels to sail round the fortifications of the Thames to Kennington. The Wanganui Pigeon Flying Club held a “try out” on Saturday with 'a flight from, Plaekakai’iki (72 miles) and Mercer (182) miles). The birds bn the Paelcakariki route got home on a;n average in' two hours. __ The birds on the Mercer route homed at Various hours on Sunday morning and had evidently, (roosted on the yvzy. y .z