A captive balloon, broken loose from its moorings, was watched by many curious observers as it bounded along Armagh Street, Christchurch, under the drive of a stiff easterly breeze. But they watched the pursuit and capture of it with even greater curiosity. It was a very fine blue balloon, quite 10 inches in diameter: any child might have been proud to own it. No child ran after it. The pursuer was a young man on a bicycle. He was calm, swift, and clever, and judged exactly the moment to jump off and pounce. Then he tied the balloon neatly to his handle-bar and rode on with great composure, up Armagh Street, the balloon bobbing gently under his nose. Retrieval or piracy, it was masterly work.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1939, Page 2
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