WAIPUKURAU NEWS
Flying-Flea Challenge Trophy Race From Dur Own Correspondent. WAIPTTKUB.AU, June fi. The fame of New Zealand’s first registered “Flying Flea,” built in Waipukurau by the Hawke Aircraft Co., has spread as far afield as England. Messrs L Hawke and E. R. Perkins, of the Hawke Aircraft Co., Waipukurau, have received notice from the Ramsgate Airport Limited, England, of the first Inlernationa.l “Flying Flea” Challenge Trophy .Race, which is being flown over a circuit in the vicinity of the Ramsgate Airport, conditions permitting, at 3.30 p.m. on August 3. The organiser of this novel event has invited Messrs Hawke and Perkins to compete in this race, but in view of the fact that the first prize '» only £lOO and a challenge trophy it is I hardly expected that Messrs Hawke and Perkins will make such a trip. 83 rd BIRTHDAY HONOR I ED. Airs E, Sharpin. Waipukura .'s oldi est resident, celebrated yestei ay her ! 83rd. birthday. She was the . icipieni, ' of congratulations from many Tends, I and in the afternoon a party visited 1 her and toasted her health. The Mayor; Mr. I. \V. N. Mackie, •>r.o called and congratulate! Mrs Sharpin. i Mrs Sharpui, who enjoys excellent ; health has lived in Waipukurau for | G(i years and has seen a remarkable transition from a small country village of a few hundred souls to a thriving provincial town with a population of over I’ooo
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 147, 6 June 1936, Page 10
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235WAIPUKURAU NEWS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 147, 6 June 1936, Page 10
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