Levin Men on Tour.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1912, Page 2

Levin Men on Tour.

Last Tuesday morning Messrs IW (S. Lancaster and Geo. L. Adkin, oP Levin, left by the morning train for Wellington, with the intention of touring a portion of the other island. Both gentlemen occasionally .set out on some journey of exploration, and our readers will no doubt remember the contributions of Mr , Adkin to th-.-se pages, describing the scenery on the Tararua range and what the country in that direction promised from a geological point of view. On one occasion theseTiardy explorers spent nine days in the rugged country between Levin and Carterton, or near to it, and when they emerged they were like "wild men of the wood-"-- c'otlies torn and tattered, faces (owrod with hair, and weary and fe t-ore. The children of the Cart-rton school came on the road as these two "tramps" were passing by. and the suggestion of one youthful mind that the men had escape;! from Pon'rua quickly spread among the children and they scattered quickly in all directions in a panic, fearing uhat might happen if they wore chased. The two travellers laughed heartily, but even "" this was looked upon as a sign that something was wrong. Both gentlemen left Wellington on Tuesday afternoon for Nelson, where, after sampling the fruits for which that .sunny clime is famous they cycle for NVstporfc by way of the Spooiier range. They intend to "work their passage" on ordinary bicycles, instead of motors.. On reaching the West Coast of the other island the towns of Westport, Reefton. Greymouth and Hokitika will he visited, and it is probable they will go on to Kuniara and perhaps quench their thirst in the old "pub" that the late Richard Seddon kept there in the early dayis of settlement on that coast. From thence the tourists will strike inland to the Toromakau river, in which many lives vrcro lost in {ho days when the goldfiolds drew so many from Canterbury. Crossing them was most dangerous, hut now 'tis not so. The tourists will follow the river as far as the Otira Gorge, th<?n .spend a little time in looking at the tunnel now being constructed between Can-- . terbury and thr coast. They will then make for the Bealey, and go on to the Waitnakiriri. touching at Craigieburn and Castle Hill, and strike the railway at Springfield. They may visit the lower Waimnkiriri Gorge, and then make for Chn'stchnrch. After spending a few days there fliey will return to Wellington by steamer. Thoy hope to finish the journey within a fortnight.