GOING WELL

Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 3

GOING WELL

LUKEY AND SCHOFIELD

BY BARROW TQ WELLINGTON

Before Mr.. L.V.G./ Lukey left for Auckland to push Mr.; J. CV Schofield to Wellington, iij a;barrow~in 3l!days he.announced that the: route to be followed would make the ; distance 492 miles. A detour, however,: has been made .through Kaponga',to suit;.the ,arrangemehts; o£-the Warigariui Deyelopment'.League and aisb to liiaKe -the totals miiase '52u,.0r equal to the wheelbarrow "jjerby"" in Australia.- Lukey and Schofleld hope Jtp accomplish the 520 mile's 'in halt the time tnat" was taken, in: Austrah'a. They are going well. A-letter>written .by, Mr. bchofield from Hawera .on Friday gave an outline ; :pf eyents, ..but; since, then there has been a further report:stating that the, two; men ".and "their "Sriailplane" at ■ Wangariui' yesterday afterhopn. They hope,to. be at Palmerston North' tomorrow.:.; .....V: .:.;.'..'. ;. ::

',-■'. "Here are at last' in Hawera, i 304 .■niiles ; from , Wellington . and 19 day S gone but of: the total-of. 31-^states Mr., Schofleld .in., his .. letter—exactly: on: schedule. more will see us in Wellington.'. Well, since my. last letter, the ;Snailplane' has" fiad a varied experience; After an: enjoyable:- stay at New we left amid showers of fain.butplehty. ofVgood/wishes, for liiglewoodr: We .ar'riyedtliere. success-fully.-.Next 'day' we •iwere; due for Stratford; - Oh,"what-a .day! , -It was actually 'snowing. :-Old : residents of Inglewbod said -it ..was1- the 'heaviest snowfall;ever seen, 'at Inglewdod,' and the first .'for tea years.': Howeyer,; ,Swe set put amid cheers, and steadily made :o^;"'way-:^bng:..'':}The-;anow',bankfed'up around.the barrowCarid the. biting Iwind niade' the going stiff for Gordon Lukey, ■who,; however, stuck-t'Oi the; task well. As f9r myself, aI can ■ only. say that I froze, and froze., hard... The, old. chilrblains were'eitra'freezed.'' Our thermometer recorded'the■ temperature as 35deg. -Howeyer, about; lunch time cohditions- improved,-, and ;a watery sun .broke .through. -,-We arrived in Stratford on time and-stiltaUve and-kick-ing; •■; We sperit^ a-godd evenihgat' Mr. J.ury's Club Hoteli- ■ Next "day -'we made Ka'ponga. ■ Although •the.,; rain- clouds hung laround. all fday;-' we"-got -no f:eal irain" but,! a'vbad^.head, windVmade.the going .fairly;solid.' -V,,We'^stayed ;the night:.atKKapbng'a-.'with.!'Miy 'Mick' Malone- at;his; farm :and- had*an.',enjbyableitime: :;Next day we- left Kaponga ifor':HaweraV ' yia-^Manaiaj:.'< and. had' lunch at;Maiiaia; .Welwerejmetby the 'Mayori;-<ito^a:--barr9w)'/;'anii:-;.ttev'town 'engineer :(as.pusher)' and -were escorted along the'street. Here we' also met the: 'Lady, in Red,' 'who.is -tburing New Zealand oh a-bicycle. ,We' all had lunch together..-, We ;reached> l .HawWra .all right, i It 'was :the-best; day we:had had ;for a fortnight.; By the -.way;,' we heard something, about; Mount 'Egmont *>eing around the'sfe parts, well,' if there is:one we. certainly haven't had: a glimpse of it;yet;,;We;must-:be-rgoing;:itoo- fast through/.Taranakii,:,:'-V; :^;-i' '.: ■■.'"•'' '. C-r^ 'iV;v'BiBAkE;.B.iELINEb.^:: ;-v;;:'.'.': \:!

■ "At. Ingle wood, we>had our ; brake, relined; as it had. wbrnYdown and there \y c . received-.a .brake:'and . head : light .certificate—^an 0.K.';.-with , : trie: inspector's 'green/ s'tampito 'fix.I.onitiie 'SnaiV 'plane/:,;', ■ •.-• '■ : ;;-1 .••-■''-.'■/ : -' _ '-":;!:.y ■v.-----/-'/ ' "We:are'havihg.a■ great reception all ;along;tlie-\road -and.'.l-thnik: everyone is very mterested in' our.: progress. We leave today fee" Patea./and Waitotara dh:Sunday and; expect-;to;,.arrive-; at OTariganui:;ati:4;o'clock; oh;-Monday; Here', we are' : 'assisting, the::Wanganui •Development League;^sto!. raise ::. funds f or: their;: cause.>: They • had a- carnival just'.lately!aiiidr they; wrote-and' asked if!-. we iwbuld^let'theni ?heet: us.: arid have a"''vflieelbarrfly?|iift"7.esicprt\ias*.'irit6''-th'e "town.' We' hope -to"- arrived in Palmerston "North* on;^Nfednesday.';;;'. ■;.; :;;: