MOUNTAIN HOSTEL.
0* STRATFORD PLATEAU. INSPECTION OF SITES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) -NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. fountain lovers are to have another shrine. A commodious hostel is to be erected on the eastern' slopes of Mount ■Egmont'in the near future. It will proA'de a view at least 3000 feet above sea level at the Stratford plateau, above the Str un^a * n House approached from Menibers of the East Committee of the ?®ont Park Board visited the locality yesterday in company with Messrs. P. ' F s^r i e t engineer) and J. A. Anderson (of,the Public Works Departmcr 't) to survey the layout of the approach, and to inspect possible sites. Hiding across a ridge affording generous views of flanking gullies, the road Proposed will be very attractive and easy or motorists, y On no part will the grade e steeper than one in ten, and that only at one place where a straight up- . course will be necessary. The remainder of the route will be about 1 in Qr I in 12. The site favoured by a Majority was below the lip of the Strat,or plateau, sheltered from most unavoidable weather and providing an view. Definite decision was until ,the next meeting of the ttee - . ~ c
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1930, Page 11
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205MOUNTAIN HOSTEL. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1930, Page 11
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