■ West: Coast • whitebait, nearly a quarter of a ton of it, was rushed fro in Christchurch by aerojilane on Monday to meet the demand in Wellington. The whitebait was caught in Grey mouth on Sunday al'teriiOou and despatched by might goods train to Christchurch, arriving there on Monday morning. By motor lorry it was hurried tdiWigram aerodrome and tlfere it-was loaded into the Fox Moth machine of the Canterbury Aero Club, the cabin of which .can , carry four passengers or an 1 equivalent freight load. Shortly afttel- noon the whitebait was being unloaded at liongOtai, ! aftei"’a t\W alld ; a; quaftOf hour flight fjsm Christchurch.. The total iweight Ohtlld whitebait whs 550 lb. ' '
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12704, 8 November 1935, Page 2
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