LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The King has conferred 'the Order of the Garter on Lord Irwin, ex-Vice-ro-y of India, states a London cable.
A message from Lisbon states that the noted war correspondent Mr Aslimead Bartlett is gravely ill with congestion of the lungs. At Saturday’s meeting of the Egmont Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Mr IT. M. Caselberg was elected a member of the association. Mr Rod. Syme, of Hawera, captain -of the Egmont Alpine Club, was asked to go to Mt. Ruapehu to co-operate with a local committee of the National Park Board in the selection of a. site for the ski-ing track on that mountain. Messrs W. S. Bennie, Merchant, .T. Cullen and T. A. Blytli acted with Mr Syme o-n Saturday, and there were also- present Messrs L. O. Hooker, of Hawera, and Cobho. of the Chatem Tonga rim. They made a selection, which waft approved bv the hoard, of a site at about 5500 feet, and it is considered this will make an excellent location for the sport. During the visit Mr Syme with some of the members climbed Ruapehu and reached the two main peaks. Ruapehu and Paritutionga'. They left the hostel at 4.15 a.m. and were on the summit about 3 a.m., spending three hours there and much enjoying the wonderful views. Messrs Syme and Hooker returned to Hawera on Sunday evening.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 4 May 1931, Page 9
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