PIGEON BEATS MOTOR-CAR
Mr. T. A. Cook, M.P. for Norfolk,' was beaten by 58 minutes when he raced his car against a pigeon from the House of Commons to his constituency a few weeks ago. This feat was outdone many years ago when a pigeon was matched against an express train. The bird won by several minutes. This was in 1877%
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21562, 5 August 1933, Page 14 (Supplement)
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