A Ghrietchiircli Sun representative was shown a Gertnan aeroplane dart picked up ! by a New;. Zealand soldier on the'El Romano* battlefield. < >nEt is made of-steel? five inches long, apd is somewhat thicker than an ordinary lead pencil. For about two-thirds of its length . it is fluted in four sections., the fluting acting like the feathers on an arrow in preserving., its direction. The point is not very sharp, resembling a blunt pencil.. Coming in showers from a great height, these darts must be dangerous missiles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14192, 9 January 1917, Page 4
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