25 YEARS AGO
“Aerodrome” Experiments
(From ‘"rhe Dominion," June 14, 1910.)
Dr. Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone, who has in late years been experimenting in Canada with a type of heavier-than-air flying machine called the aerodrome), arrived at Brisbane by the steamer Makura from Vancouver. He will visit New Zealand after touring Australia.
The bronze figure which is to surmount the memorial to the late Rt. Hon. R. J. Seddou on Observatory Hill. Wellington, arrived from England by the Arawa yesterday. The design is an allegorical female figure, artistieall.y draped, holding in one hand a scroll and in the other a wreath, and gazing downward with an expression of meditation. The figure was executed by Mr. Henry Poole, an English sculptor, who was recommended for the work by Sir George Frampton, and the design was approved by a committee consisting - of Lord and Lady Ranfurly, Lord Onslow, and the High Commissioner. The cost of the figure was about £5OO. 0 » •
A movejiicnt has been started to obtain an extension of the tramway service up Majoribauks Street. A deputation is expected to wait, upon the Wellington City Council next Thursday night.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 217, 11 June 1935, Page 8
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19125 YEARS AGO Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 217, 11 June 1935, Page 8
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