OTAGO'S MOUNTAIN SCENERY

Evening Star, Issue 21091, 2 May 1932, Page 12

OTAGO'S MOUNTAIN SCENERY

From time to time members of the New Zealand Alpine Club, who make frequent visits to unknown parts of the country, discover new views and scenes of indescribable beauty which have never boon photographed, and to give the public an opportunity of viewing those a display of lantern slides and cinematograph films will ho shown in the Town Hall Concert Chamber to-morrow evening. The views will be described by members of the club, and, since the pictures aro new and original an interesting evening may be expected. A similar evening was held twelve months ago, and was very much appreciated by a large and enthusiastic audience. Included in the programme are reminiscences of early exploration in South Westland, and tales of native birds and bush life by Mr A. P. Harper, A.C., president of the New Zealand Alpine Club. The ascent of Mount Tutobo (9,042 ft), familiar to visitors to Milford Sound, and regarded as the most inaccessible mountain in New Zealand, will bo shown by a member of the adventurous party who climbed it earlier in the present season. The exploits of members of the club who attended the camp in the Rees Valley in January and ascended Mount Head and other mountains on the Forbes Range will be related and illustrated by a series of excellent slides. A unique feavure will bo the display of the first cinematograph film ever taken in the hcautifull Lnndsborongh Valley in the Haast Pass district. This film records a journey from Makarora to the Hermitage via Fyfo’s Pass. The pictures of hen's of deer in their native haunts will he of interest to decrstallkcrs. Altogether the programme is novel and attractive, and. as tho proceeds will le devoted entirely to furtherance of tho club’s programme of erecting tourist huts in mountain valleys of Otago, a good attendance is confidently expomed.-