Some carrier pigeons liberated at Wellington reached their homes at Napier, having accomplished the distance — 175 miles as the crow flies— in three hours 47 minutes. It is proposed that the defence of Albany should be borne jointly by all the Australian Colonies.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5302, 24 September 1885, Page 3
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43Untitled Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5302, 24 September 1885, Page 3
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