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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 5 July 1913, Page 3

A correspondent of the Kawhia Settler writes: The inventive mania appears to bo spreading seriously in Kinohaku since the reported success of a patent air-impelled motor. Another genius, residing near Hcvupokia's Bay, lias produced a machine—this time in the world of aviation. The aeronef he describes as being of the heavier-than-air type, and rises skywards by means of 24 steel parasols on vertical shafts, which opon on the downward stroke and close when moving up the shaft. Two largo aluminium umbrellas fashioned on the same principle, and on a horizontal axis, supply tbe forward motion. Tue inventor claims that his contrivance Mil! thus be protected if it falls foul of aerolites or a stray meteor, and ensures intermittent shelter in wet weather; but he anticipates considerable difficulty in navigating the Milky Way, as he fears the commotion will churn it into butter, which will clog the machinery.