AERIAL DERBY
A PRETTY SPECTACLE
(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, 2nd June.
The dispatch, on Hospital Day«,iri 'Sydney recently] of 3000 coloured balloons in what was described as an aerial' derby, had an interesting sequel. Tho winning balloon —the. balloons were small things such as one buys in a shop —was recovered 174 miles from Sydney, and must have travelled with the speed of Pegasus almost, for it was picked up at 10 a.m. on^-the day following its release. The purchaser of that balloon, on producing the tag corresponding to its number becomes entitled to a free [tour to the Jenolan Caves. Most of the jballoons were swept to sea. Appropriately enough, one landed in the yard of the Sydney Gas Company. Another was recovered in a cemetery. The balloons, as they were released throughout the day and night from Martin place, made a pretty 'spectacle. Thousands of people witness^} it, and wondered precisely how far the winning balloon would travel before it capio to. earth. Now they know.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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169AERIAL DERBY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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