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one of the three Hurcuies transport planes bought by the R.N.Z.A.F. showed its paces when it flew over Gisborne recently as part of a North Island town-to-town tour.

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Lieutenant Leslie Merlon, second son of Mrs E. V. Ellis, Ormond Road, and the late Mr G. V. Merton, who is a first lieutenant with the coastal minesweeper H.M.N.Z.S. Hickleton, at present engaged in anti-infiltration patrols off the Malaysian coast.

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Members of the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club competed against Wairoa and other visiting canoeists in the first Waimata River race of the season. Winner of the seven-mile race was Barry Gooch, of Palmerston North, pictured arriving back at the boat shed under the Peel Street bridge are, from left: Barbara Waite (Wairoa), Jim Gardner (Wairoa), and Margaret Giddens (Gisborne).

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Gisborne veteran Dave Hughes carries his canoe from the water.

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First girl home was Glenys Middleton, of Wairoa.