WET NIGHT FOR CAMPERS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14568, 12 January 1948, Page 2

WET NIGHT FOR CAMPERS

FRIDAY EVEtmJi “ HEAVY RAlul

Experiences At |y| Maunganui lE F

No Major “Wash-Q, Reported

Tfce Although the heavy n ;» S& , W fell on Friday evening and jtt the day morning pleased farmeV ! »ci^ le of the holidaymakers a t uSStll C Maunganui who were living Sir wh canvas, were not very entK, about it. Opinions and differed considerably, hovSfW 0t Steaming mattresses lyi np et ' CO the sun, and dotted about 'tfififty T ing grounds during Saturday® art ing, were silent evidence n ®f ni sufferings of those camp ei ! l^ ° had fared worst. In one by the side of the Mount S 4As 5 were drenched thoroughly AitiffS, ] the night when their shelterSs he unable to withstand the dn3^ : - One visitor said that anv o^XP eU had been sleeping on theSf£ s , V would have been soaked qnifiO ,aa trenches had been dug arowr tents, and the water had* sM streaming down the side olW** 16 1 Mount. This, the Times repreL^T as 1 five found to be quite trifled, 1 walking past the next tent andsw % c: ing ankle-deep in slush. » E ur those on camp stretchers had,e' quite a comfortable night, ns of h A visitor who had pitched i ncon site on lower ground ke , solemnly how he had jumped In his stretcher during the ni»ra ncl c loosen his guy ropes, and yhent from his tent in chilly water jlheji' deep. yhich No tents were reported as , been blown down, although'. * eC nearly collapsed when the o: became tight and began pullin'! I° r e ' pegs from the sandy soil. Thes.i# a *J c been little wind on Friday according to reports, there strong intermittent gusts d- unC * 1 the early hours of Satif£.- y morning. .^weei The sea was calm at about y o’clock on Saturday mo®? according to observations, but 16 . 1 ? a came more rough later on, aii'/• p 1 p.m. a fairly heavy surf waslJ^ 1 J 1 ning. Wf Most of those who did spent® 6 .; uncomfortable night looked cW? d / (if rather wet) next morning, apparently regarded their ence as just one more of the of camping.