A GLORIOUS VIEW
BY Ant ; :OVER' THf WEST CqisT.
% CM UU9HAPB —PIHI IUOCIITWI ) ! HOKITIKA, 24th January. Captain Buckley, who,' with a Avro aeroplane, was here in connection with the exhibition, flew south- on Tuesday evening.**-He left Hokitika-beach at 4 o'clock for the Waiho Glacier, which was reached "in an hour. The passengers wijre Dr. Terchelmann and Mr. Havelofck Williams,- of Timaru. . The glacier traversed by the flying machine was photographed, but the high mountains were too cloudy for photography. The aeroplane landed on Okarito beach for the night. Yesterday it had to be transported- across the river to the north beach to secure a { better takini-off ground. / This was safely accomplished on; a punt 1 and boats, and in the evening the aeroplane, with tlie party, returned to Hokitika, doing the trip in 4s minutes/. .• • Jhe trip is described as most enjoyable, and. th|YWe.st Coast, with the mountains m *?he back ground, present a_ wonderf^, sl ght,Jn which the varied character of bush and lake scenery made an enchanting view as'seen' from the
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 5
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173A GLORIOUS VIEW Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 5
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