WINTER SPORTS IN NORWAY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21654, 12 December 1935, Page 13

WINTER SPORTS IN NORWAY

TRAVEL IN SEVERAL ' COUNTRIES COMMANDER RHODES RETIRES Winter sports in Norway are cheaper and better than in Switzerland, Commander E. G. Rhodes a reporter In an interview yesterday* Commander Rhodes has returned to Christchurch after an absence of -IS months, during which he visited England, France, Italy, Greece and H«pComracnder Rhodes found sports in Norway very cheap, prahaw only half the cost of a trip to Switzerland. The accommodation was essceilent, the sM-ing very good indeed, and the people friendly and obligingTravelling to Norway was simple. There was an excellent boat service from Newcastle, and after two nights and a day at ssa the boat arrived at Bergen. The hotels were conveniently near the ski-mg grounds, and at Fiass, the chief resort, it was possible to ski outside the door of It* hotel Hotel-keepers in Italy and Franc® were crying out about .the high rate of exchange. The pound was worts * very little in those countries, and to consequence the hotels were feat* empty* Commander Rhodes was to Italy last March when men and boy» in uniforms were to be seen drilling everywhere, particularly co Sundays, At that time the Italians were particularly civil to English visiters. In discussing fishing, Ccasnwsder Rhodes mentioned that he weal to Labrador last summer to try the salmon fishing. However, fee arrived, tea early and had no luck. He also sussed the tunny fishing in England However, Mr N. D. Campbell, who Jffit on an ciypedition with Colons! Peel did vary well and caught a tunny of slightly more than 7001 b, which at tot time was s record lor this year, Tfe® fish was caught about 100 'miles <IE Scarborough. Although the traffic co the reads in England was very heavy. Commander Rhodes found driving there quite eafy. This was because everyone obeyed the rules of the reed Implicitly. Driving" ife London was wr simple if slow,'once the driver' 'law the correct lines of traffic. Then it was merely a matter oil foliowing tea man ahead