FLYING AT 94
FORMER BLACKSMITH
(By Telegraph—Press' Association.)
BLENHEIM, This Day.
Probably the oldest traveller to use a regular air service as a matter of course is Mr. John Vorbach, aged 94, who left by Cook Strait Airways for Wellington this morning. He is on his way to visit his. daughter, Mrs. Fraeder, of Auckland.
Mr. Vorbach is an amazingly active man, and up till two years ago he was actively engaged in blacksmitliing. He is an expert billiards player.
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Evening Post, Issue 60, 11 March 1936, Page 12
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