ME, GARDEN IN DUNEDIN
KIA ORA'S ENGINE REPLACED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) . D.U3STEDIN, This Day. ■ It should never have occurred, stated Mr. Oscar Garden, on his return from Invereargill, discussing the breakdown, of the Kia Ora's engine when taking1 off from the Taieri Aerodrome on Thursday. He said that the engine was supposed to be completely overhauled at Sydney, and the metal fatigue of the connecting rod should have^beeu noticed. The Aero . Club has-secured the loan of an engine for the Kia Ora through Wing-Commander Dal ton, and the engine was delivered yesterday and is now installed for a flight this afternoon to Timaru. Last night the Orkney and Shetland Islands Society presented Mr. Garden, with a mounted gold nugget. It was mentioned that Mr. Garden's grandfather was the Orkney's greatest benafactor, having presented a fullyequipped hospital for Kirkwall.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 10
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138ME, GARDEN IN DUNEDIN Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 10
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