MANAWATU HOMING CLUB.
The Manawatu Homing Club held its longest race of 550 miles front Invercargill over the week-end. The pigeons were liberated at 4.50 a.m. on Saturday, and the first j>air of birds arrived home on Sunday morning at approximately 6.50. The total flying time of 15 hours 59 mins. 10 secs., which is a record for the Manawatu was made by T. Andrews’s two blue chequer hens, Nos. 525 and 58.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 18, 17 December 1938, Page 7
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73MANAWATU HOMING CLUB. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 18, 17 December 1938, Page 7
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