PIGEON FLYING
EAST CHRISTCHURCH CLUB The East Christchurch Racing Pigeon Club recently flew off a young bird race from Kaikoura. Sixty-two birds were sent, divided among 10 owners. The birds put up fairly fast times. The winner was J. Crowther’s bird, No. 18, which flew the distance of 104 miles 709 yards in 2hr 39min 26sec, The following is the result: J. No. 18, 1152 yards per min.; M. Hoxman’s No. 236, 1131: W. Wall’s No. 327, 1129; J. H. Beale’s No. 309, 1128; R. Moore’s No. 266, 1124; C. Winder’s No. 457, 1121; Warren Brothers’ No. 157, 1121; R. Miller’s No. 354, 1048; K. Hill’s No. 162, 1048; W. Goslin’s No. 213, 929.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470321.2.126
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25139, 21 March 1947, Page 10
Word Count
114PIGEON FLYING Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25139, 21 March 1947, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.