AN AERIAL DERBY.
WINNER TRAVELS 171 MILES. BALLOONS IN A RACE. SY CABLE PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY. June 2. The dispatch, on Hospital Day in Sydney, ireeeutily of 3000 coloured Dial - looms in wlmt was described as an aerial derby, had an intore-sting sequel, ihe winning balloon—the balloons wore-si mail I things such a,s one buys in a simp—was recovered 171 miles Irom Sydney. ami mast have travelled with the speed of IVrgasu.su almost, for it wais picked up at 10 a.m. on the day following its release. The .purchaser of that balloon, ox producing the tag corresponding to its number, becomes entitled to a free tour to the Jenolcan Claves. Most of the balloons were swept out to sea. Appropriately enough, o.no landed in the vara of -thv Sydney Gn,s Company. .Another was recovered, in a cemetery. The balloons, a-s they were released throughout the day and night from Martin Place, made ia. prefct-v spectacle. Thousands of people witnessed it. and wondered precisely how far the winning balloon would travel before it canid to earth. Now they know.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 June 1927, Page 7
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179AN AERIAL DERBY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 June 1927, Page 7
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