WAR-TIME BOMBER
Lancaster At Wigram
The third Lancaster bomber to visit Christchurch since 1944 landed at Christchurch airport yesterday morning. It brought the French Military Attache (Captain de Fregate M. Veyrat) on his first official visit to the Dominion, and to the South Island.
Captain Veyrat said yesterday that the Lancaster now at Harewood would be handed over to the Transport Museum in Auckland on April 14. This will leave one other Lancaster in use by the French Navy at Noumea. He said the fate of this aircraft has yet to be decided.
The French Navy had replaced the Lancasters with DC4’s which will be used in Noumea for transportation and air-sea rescue operations, he said.
N.Z. Soccer Team Wilts In Heat
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) BANGKOK, March 19. The touring New Zealand soccer team was beaten, 7-1, by the Thailand national XI at Bangkok yesterday. Six of the home team’s goals came in the second half when the tourists were slowed down by the tropical heat. At half-time, Thailand led 1-0.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30395, 20 March 1964, Page 12
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