AVIATION IN NEW ZEALAND
SCOTLAND LEAVES TIMARU.
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TIMARU, This Day. Scotland left Timaru shortly after 8 | this morning on 'an aerial flight to ; Christchurch. In a preliminary one o « the planes went wrong, and he landed en Quarry Hill, Fairview-road to adjust it. He got away beautifully, and sailed o-ver Timaru and then took a l=ne due north 400 to 500 feet high. The weather is fine, with no wind. Ine flight was watched by a great many people. A HALT AT ORARI.
TIMARU, This Day. Word from Orari, 20 miles distant, states that Scotland landed there at nine o'clock, the air being very cold. He became numbed, and thought it inadvisable to continue the flight- It is understood at Orari that the aviator is short of certain oil required for the machine, but may resume the journey at about two o'clock.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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