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Latest addition to the Aero Club's fleet of aircraft is Alistair Robinson's Proctor.

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Transport of another kind - Mr L. Connolly, of Blenheim, seeing the Nelson eights in the pony and gig of Mrs D. McPherson. A rare eight on the streets today.

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Alan Dalton presents the Alan Dal ton Trophy to Joe Clark after Tahunanui had beaten North Beach in a surfing contest at Nelson. Below, competitors lined up for the last event of the contest, the drinking horn - won by North Beach by a long swallow.

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A.T.C.cadets la Nelson got in some flying time recently when a Harvard from Woodbourne spent the day in Nelson, Here, Sgt Barry Moran prepares for his flip.

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An experiment (not very successful) in relaying ground to air messages by means of a trailing weighted rope, was made by the aero club. The theory was right but the rope wasn't quite long enough.

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Above and Below: "Twas St Patrick's Day on March 17, as every Irishman knows full well, and the Irish of Nelson got together for an evening. Above. Jimmy McMullen entertained with his lilting Irish voice, and below Kevin 0'Carroll and Jack Moriarty were obviously enjoying the entertainment.