BY HELICOPTER TO RACES

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27669, 27 May 1955, Page 7

BY HELICOPTER TO RACES

machine to land in BIRDCAGE The helicopter from H.M.A.S. Sydney will descend in the birdcage at “e Addington racecourse tomorrow wiui officers from the ship and Mr F. Sutton, vice-president of the Canterbury Park Trotting Club and chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board. pie restricted space in which the nelicopter will land makes the event ope of even greater interest. A threeuer stand flanks the birdcage, surrounded by iron fences. The helicopter is scheduled to touch flown at 11.15 a.m., after the bircage uas been cleared after the return of me field in the first race. As soon as me passengers have the Helicopter wiil ascend for the return , to the ca rrier at .Lyttelton. With Messrs C. S. Peate and D. C. farker, president and secretary of me Canterbury Park Trotting Club. S. Brown and hir U Ap ant J' O’Farrell, pilot of the “Cucopter. visited the racecourse on ’*ednesday and approved of the proposed by the club. officers to b e transported to ton win be Rear-Admiral H. M. , Lieutenant-Commander R. Newey Shire 3110 Commander B. club hcij been given to undertbat man y of the officers and mpiement of the Sydney will accept n invitation to attend the meeting. m, Rule of the Road North Island Motor Union has ‘° seek tbe views of ta?2 obl k associations in the North °n the right-hand traffic rule, tin Proposals for automobile associaons to consider are whether they £~your Polishing the present rightrule and reverting to the old " hand rule * or whether they Um abolition of the present, ‘‘sui-nand rule and adopting a rule for giving way to the left.