PIGEON FLYING
canterbury club. The Canterbury PigeOft ilying Ciub flew off it-3 race of t,he eeason frpna Kaikouvu last Saturday, Ths bir4s \vei® liberated by Mr R. Fonder b »,*&• in fin* weather unc| a wind, whioh enabled them to L*ut tone** TU©i*e were 16 ioftfl competing, divided into two flections, east and west. The highest velocity went to a western loft, Dr. MoKiUcp'e bi?d flying the distance of 100 miles in 2 houra 4 n?in ilbec. The following i • the velocity' r&* coided by each owner's bird: "WESTERN SECTION. Y&rda per min. A. C. Mc&iltop'e bird 1465 VT. Unwin's bird 14P3 K ChajnbeiV bird .. 1-1$) T. Dunne'a bird .. 14&5 L. Wifshire's bird .. JUG i\ W. Robortson's b:\d ~ 1405 J. titone's bird .. IJJG9 K. T. Briater's bird . ) C6O Margetts and Son'a bird . iSSB K. French's bird .. t£J9 FASTER.*? SL'OTIOM. CJ. f 'bird Gr Anderson's Ui rcl 14S0 V. Martin's bird ~ .. Jl. bird . .. jijf A. BUckley'a bird .. £\ Kingsford's bird .. .. 1382
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20090, 20 November 1930, Page 5
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