ANNUAL PICTURE SHOWS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8523, 30 June 1893, Page 2

ANNUAL PICTURE SHOWS.

For a good many years HkTai . H in London have held ma U of photos and pictures of"X * which has now become vcfe*?! attracts in groat numbers tJi O S2H I H aud take au interest in the^S 9 ffl above the snow-line. « There is little doubt this »*»_ i alpine experts and their frienrfmuch to encourapo the great JSrHH rouse an interest in the inlndsff!. *wl have never been lucky enottSSH-l encc the wonderful attraction, *?„*A and snow world of the lu,h K\l°t some faint idea of Its iM*B and pictures. Tim, t hi of tho Alpioc Cla'b ,?« loo Vift /Q rward to by a large clrcl. i?«« i«\2&U„d. This matters is much to be desired V reasons, especially In NewZcawMS the seoncry of our mountain, l f n !Mi great attraction to tourUts ill countries, and in order to renoW. *m accessible the Government Wou y fv\M make better communications hv Sfrpi road. Therefore, anything people's eyes to the splenuou, M Southern Alps Is of great yaw 5«B more interest rouacd iv the.uKkrt! the sooner it will bo worth &?1 establish communications An( i w 6 benefits to bo derived from 8 i.!?l tourists. a ili hm For this reason, if for no other iti P ! hoped that the exhibition of oW«!#l by the New Zealand Alpine CiR? ?I 7th last will be an annual excite a corresponding amount of I \**£ here to that hold in London by tta liNl Club, aud there is little reason «d'W should not grow hi timo, if SM worked up year by year, io &£% attractive a collection of phato»Stl that shown iv London, in spite of S?| that our local enthusiasts laboar many great disadinntarros whHal unknown in Europe, both as to Mtthjl tuiiities for obtaining pictures iS materials for producing them, whSfl necessarily inferior to those ODlaißil.fi London. m m However, considering the are«s tM | bucks ot rough pioneer work, sim^i porters and other diAlcuilles wiijAki to be overcome In alpine work hm 3 is no doubt that the exhibition htU'ujl I Chamber of Commerce ou June 7tqU_f whlcb about 150 peoplo were prcsrnt di 1 very good, and reflect. conßlder„bi*3 on msmbers of the N.Z.A.C. for 31 energy. It must also bo remembered In wHidJI the exhibits that the N.Z.A.C. U 3 young club having hr,eu only foundtjl July, ISDI, and therefore the phatoij! lantern slides, which were almost mSx the work of members and sub»ttj£Ji bear witness to tho fact that thwM cently formed it has dona good wor£ I the foundation of the club its liar, intf twenty-seven "membsrs" or petil qualified by alpluo work to paiw 11*8*1 dard for membership and Aye "si scrlbers" or persons who wish totatJ the club's work among our gl»<:lcn'J snow mountains. These numbers m year and a half have increased to fottj.il and thirty-four respectively, andinM sixteen members of the Alpine CliiSf addition to Messrs Dixon, G. B. MnJ ing, and A. P. Harper, whoalso belangra club, in Loudon; the latter ligtuooml in a very gratifying manner the iatof taken in the N.Z.A.C. by the fotsij Alpine Club in tho world. | Amougst thri exhibits of local wozkJ most noticottblo wero those from AM Wheeler, of Christchurch. and BurtojJ Dunedin. The former showed twotpkail enlargements of his paubrarans of A "Tasman Glacier" aud "JUurclilJ Glacier" taken four years flffo under cj slderablo dl-utdrantagea, notwlthsf.snii'J which lb ore is little doubt the fori_.vt£ long hold Its place in tho first tank. 1 Mr Burton sent up a groat nmujpba graphs of different sizos taken oa i| [ooker, Mueller and Ta«man Qkm Some of his IS x 14 pictures were pniti larly fine, especially his views of W M| Sefton," "Hochstetter Iccfall" gal si head of the Tasman Glacier, which veil bo hard to surpass. Uesliion tltm, i other picturos wero Capital, and hemsfi congratulated on the success of hUmm prise in taking so largo an nppamlMlJ these icy solitudes). Of tho smaller tslw those of Mrs. Weatland at tho headrf Rakaia, Messrs Inglis and Msnntsl(t|i Mt. Arrowsmlth and Mr A.Harpor»|«ij snow line in the Tasman district, thm very good work, and, if enlarged, urn would equal tho larger exhibits tnenfe! above. | The Alps of Switzerland were fifo«| presented by some very fine pbotoujf Slguor Sella, and enlargement* froa§« negatives of the lato Mr Donktn, nrm "The Lyskamm from Monte ftoa" ci "A Large Crevasse" by the farmer, v "The Matterhorn" from different piiln! of view and "The Fitistcraarhorn" bytft latter, some sketches by Mr WUtiulo Incidents lv mountaineering gavtt ftp; notion of the excitement ana oiHkuife experienced by climbers above tha m\ line. J The most Interesting part of mum bition was >.ho show of some of 120 laats-s slides by Mr Seagnr's lantern, which wv expUlnedb/ Mr A Harper, tor MmT* man, Hooker, and Milller Glarkn J.Switzerland, and by Mr G. E. M»mmf" for the Godley, Murchison Gladecs, fa Arrowsmitb, and winter climbing. *w*!J the latter being highly amusing. It»« be almost impO-Hible to select my tspecial note from so many excetats!i« though some of Mr Aw» smith pictures ware very notwenbM also were Mr Wheeler's of Mt. Cook to* Hooker, and the Haaefc Glwrler, St Harper's from tiie top of the MslUftr range overlooking tho Taamsn ftfiii «$ chlsoo, and three from Mt. Dalfti»« I Mr Rosh, whiio of the Swl»s vls*«h»p| lof the Matterhorn were beautiful fa «iw cloud effects. , 5 The work done in the Alps It? mew ot the club during tho paafc twnKUff yeara has been coneiderable and hwU»s ono or two discoveries worthy ot sot*. | January of 1800 Messrs M«inefiif2'<i Harper explored the Murciiifou some eleven miles long, and tho »ecoa| size of the Eastern Glaciers, aud isfofl pass at tho head of tho Ball the south spur of Mount Cook, «| comber of the same year Meant*/«f «| Ing and Diron msdo the aecjonfl tuH complete accent of Mount* % Messrs Harper and Blaklston iw«« first complete traverse of tm Urn Glacter reaching the saddle, t^'J 1 pedteions settled tho questloti oftbew tion of Mount Cook, which ws« v'fj be a spur of the main range, ana »fik some distance in Canterbury, ana TO! WcsUand m provioualy imagined. w*t comber, 1891, Messrs Manners «fij- j crossed tiie divide at tho h<•«•« Godley Glacier for tho fir.t Ui«fi**l'j addition to these may be noted is i*y Sass over the Malte Brun. rai>ge/^ v j rat time, partial a.wciit of Bfa» _f 1 Beche and Sit. Scaly, and setO-4>•*/*! 'i\ Mt. Earnslav.-, In 18i)2, meant £ *j Rollescon, cKplorfitlons on ih& urn Glacier and Kellery river oa thf *'i Coast, and tills year an expeaSr.w *| partial ascent of Mt. Arro*»»»fJL! second partial asennt of Mt. Besides these of course them i many miner climbs, aud a c(,a Sf lv* amount of very hard work ««i practical result, bcyooda better ©f tho general features sod toj?«S»? ?J • tho Alps. „ , fc4 vts The past year is notable -* }S gratifying encoaragemenc which »^ ' j given to our local club, by thf -*» A taken in Its work by the Royri*»«_JJ cal Society and the Alpl«o Usy London. At the annual meeting VI latter and again at the dinnf dent made special mention of the »;,;* U# and spoke of two expedition? «ft«**j4 by its members asifacts worto? °f j in surnmarisiog the alpine year. This notice at homo and tW' V \J c! their first winter exhiWuo» givoau impetus to tho c!ub,.a«j} w . people Iv its work and g«-'» cr t,_sV Alps of New Zealand, about wh seems to be a very lamcutM»t ', m knowledge, even amongst within comparatively a^y^