TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BONE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19888, 27 March 1930, Page 13

TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BONE.

TO I HE. EDITOII 07 THE PRBSB Sir.—May 1 heartily endorse Mr Mannering's orais? of the glorious climate at Cattle 'Hill?; There is no doubt whatever, that it' is. far more invigorating than the climate at Casiimere. There is "as much difference in climate' between -Castle Hill and Cash-. mereas there is between Cashmere and Cathedral square. Since the advent ot dav railway excursions to Otira, hundreds of your readers know this from personal observation. A walk over the Port Hills is good; but ,«awalk over, the Otira is far better. • . The first preliminary to choosing a. site for a " hospital for tuberculosis ot the bone- is undoubtedly # to measure accurately ultra-violet, radiation,- wind, and hours of sunshine at possible sites, and I would suggest four. nan l® l^; "SJSIr J? be as cood u Dr. Eoll..r'»

in the. Alps; but such statisticaj comparisons can *be only approximate, and; with all due deference to l>r. Maeintyre's opinion, it is abso- ! lutelv certain that such cases would do much better up among our mountains than down here near the sea, subjected to east winds and sea fogs. It is unusual to introduce a second subject in one -letter to von, Sir, but I hope that Mr Manneringls letter will have the effect of popularising the road from Springfield to Otira. It is a road that deserves to be used far more than it is, and it is a great pity that such lurid tales are told of the dangers and difficulties of "the old coach road.'' now a perfectly good motor-road, with a better surface than many roads on the Plains. This applies also to the road over Arthur's Pass and down the O.tira Gorge. There is nothing in the ■whole road in fine weather to trouble the average driver or anv car in proper order for touring; and the journey from west to east is equally practicable. -There are notices and roadside telephones at the two places soon_ to be. reduced to one bv a- short deviation, hear the Bealey, where horses are necessary to Tow the car. and a telephone call to Bealev before starting informs - one of the state of the rivers. If one wishes to break the ionrnev. there are comfortable hostel* at the Healev ,and Arthur's Pass. Bv trucking one's ear between Sprinefield and Otira '- one misses ". the 'ma<?nificent mountain scenery about Castle Hill and. Craigieburn, and the views up the Waimakariri —Tar finer thnn thopo seen, from the train. Tt is amusing that so. many Canterbury motorists baulk at the coniparntivejv «afe open roads of out own hnek co'untrv. preferring to go, through 18 tunnels, but drive rraily over tbp narrow tortuous hn4i ronds of South Westliind. —Yours, etc.. ■■'■■. U.V.1,. March 25th. 1930