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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 6

The scheme organised by "Mr 1). Rutherford for sending hares -to the Red '■ Cross hospitals,- which are dealing with ■. pounded New Zealandera m ; : England, i haa beea most successful this season, j owing to , the keenness displayed by the different -< districts. At the present time there are m various freezing M-orks, 10.821 hares and 592 rabbits. Two hundred and fifty-two crates have already been shipped to England. ' Writing, from an aviation school m England to his parents m Dunedin, a Now Zealander who is graduating in' the art d; flying conveys some interesting information. His experience so far has 1 been brief, but he states that ho has already 'seen two- "crashes." i« In tlio first the man made a. (bad landing, and struck the front skids m the ground. , The machine somersaulted, and ended upside-down. .The aviator was unhurt, but the machine was wrecked.' Tho other accident was) more serious. In landing, the pilot misjudged the distance of a fence. and at the last m inn te tried to r "so., again. He knocked the fence over and smashed the machine to pieces,, but wasn't badly hurt. "It ifi astonishing" comments tho writer, ''what can -happen to the nT-.i<chin«j without the man being hurt.". The writer goes on. to nt. ter a word of warning. "Don't believe the thrilling- acounts of new aero-motors, etc., you get.^out m Now Zealand. They are generally inventions. Vast improve-' ments have been made, but .nothing new (to my knowledge) has been evolved since the war." Tho conclusion, of tho letter is alsod" interest. The writer says: "Thei daylight saying business seems very strange. It isn't dark now till 10.30 p.m. Howaver, from a national point of view, it must be a great savingj especially m coal, so one doesn't mind."