WORLD'S RECORD CLAIMED
(By Telegraph—Prew Association.!
NAPIER, This D&y.
A new world's record for gasoline* powered model planes was set.yesterday by a machine owned by Mr. R. McGregor. The flight lasted 58min 10 4-ssec, breaking the world's record of 50miri 29sec held by an American enthusiast. Other New Zealand records are affected by the flight. • '•
Before going into the privacy of th.» hen-house it is a good idea to rap on the door, says H. W. Titus, a poultry expert at the National Agricultural Research Station at Beltsville, Maryland. "Then the chickens'fenqw>what to expect, come to attention, and fact the door,*' he explains. "There 7is n* fluttering—no alarm."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1938, Page 4
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