Carrier Pigeon Rests.
When the river steamer Rawhiti was between Mercer and Rangiriri in passing up the Waikato River, a carrier pigeon appeared overhead, and, after fluttering round the vessel for a few minutes, landed on the deck. Its listless manner of flying had shown that it was exhausted. It allowed the crew to handle it and ate readily of wheat which they gave it. There appeared to be four letters on a ring on one leg. The first three were “ C.P.R..” and it is thought the four may have been “ C.P.R.C.,” as the initial letters of the Christchurch Pigeon Racing Club. After resting, the pigeon rose and winged away again.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 3 February 1934, Page 12
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111Carrier Pigeon Rests. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 3 February 1934, Page 12
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