TOUR ABROAD.
ALPINIST'S -EXPERIENCES. ! Per -Press Association'. -/' • rt'rt; / :-- , AUCKLAND/ Noy; . 21. I The well-known South Island'alpiilist. Mr Peter 'GrahamT^who/Vetuifned to-day front abroad', declares /that; the /Swiss Alps, ' ifi ' many respects, are inferior to the mountains of"the So/utli Island (if New Zealand. He, niountain'eered in Switzerland, Austria, and/Italy,/.accompanied by Ciindn H. • E./Newton/ Dean of York, who was in charge-of a ,parish in New Zealand from 1900 to 1907. : ! MF Grahain was enthusiastic /concerning -the bea/u ties.-of/.thc-'nfouqtain'coun-try of ]suropeZ / and' said; the facilities for travel / were excellefit'. !He spoke/of dairy hei cls/grazing in pastures .at .altitudes of, -7,000 aiid. - 8000 feet. Discussing the mountains, Mr Graham said there .was ,more ir.ugged magnificence about the peaks of' the Southern Alps;-with varied/Native bush almost to the snow line and glaciers sweeping, .down./ ■ . ‘ ■ '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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128TOUR ABROAD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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