AEROPLANE AS AN AMBULANCE.—What would have occupied nearly two days travelling by road was accomplished in under 3½ hours on Wednesday when Canon H. Pack, of Gisborne, was conveyed to Auckland by aeroplane. The photograph shows Canon Packe being transferred from the aeroplane to the ambulance van. The journay from his home in Gisborne to the hospital in Auckland occupied 4¼ hours.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 5
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62AEROPLANE AS AN AMBULANCE.—What would have occupied nearly two days travelling by road was accomplished in under 3½ hours on Wednesday when Canon H. Pack, of Gisborne, was conveyed to Auckland by aeroplane. The photograph shows Canon Packe being transferred from the aeroplane to the ambulance van. The journay from his home in Gisborne to the hospital in Auckland occupied 4¼ hours. Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 5
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