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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 195, 5 August 1940, Page 5

Efficient Piiots. During the Great War about five hours was the maximum period in which an intending pilot had to learn to fly so'o. To-day the training of pilots in the New Zealand Air Force occupies at least several hundred hours. Speaking to members of the Christchurch branch, of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, Wing-Commander G. S. Hodson. the Wigram Air Training iSchool, used this comparison to indicate the standard of efficiency demanded to-day in handling aircraft. Maize Picking Record. A maize picking record for tjhe -Gisborne district, and probably for New Zealand, is suggested in the effort of Mr John Edwards at Pukepapa, near Waipaoa. Mr Edwards, who usually can average 35 bags a day, reached 41 bags picked in just over 8 hours. The bags are oversized one-stripe flour sacks and were left open. It is pointed out that much more corn is needed when filling the bags this way than when space is left at the top for the bag to be •closed. A total of 20 is usually regarded as good for an eight-hour period and 30 is above the average. The same day, Mr Edwards and his family, consisting of four men and three women, picked a total of 200 bags, an average of 28 bags per person .