MODEL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
The monthly meeting of the Otago Model Engineering Society was well attended. ■lk.cnairman (Mr W. J. White) a warm welcome to visitors fromSHfeland, Gore and Oamaru. CorrlpSßince was received from the We 11 injylgjal beiefcy regarding the proposal toligp? a model engineering section at Exhibition to be held in Wellington during 1940. It was decided to guarantee the necessary quota of models. The possibility of holding a field day for trials of model
speed boats and aeroplanes was fully discussed. The sub-committee appointed reported that it had been found impossible to find a location that combined water suitable for the boats and ground that could be used for planes. It was decided to try to have two separate functions. A comprehensive survey of the history of speed boats was given by Mr Stewart Algie, who stated that interest in this type of boat dated from 1874. The progress made from then until the present day was fully described, and the attempps made by challengers of world championships to gain extra power were made more interesting by photographs. One new member was elected, bringing the total membership to over 50,
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Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 13
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