MOUNTAIN TRAMPING.
NEED FOR PRECAUTIONS. Twice during last week search parties left Mast«rton to hunt for town residents who were supposed to have gono astray on the Tararua Ranges, and on t>oth occasions their missions proved to be unnecessary. On one occasion the "lost" were found leisurely waiting for the rivers to recede, and in the other instance the belated trampers had decided to return to their starting-point owing to rough weather. The double event had led tho Wairarapa Daily Times to urge the necessity for those who engage in tramps to take I reasonable precautions to prevent the community being put to inconvenience and expense, to say nothing of tho acute anxiety felt by many. "No party," remarks the paper, "should be allowed to go on these jaunts unless it comprises three or more persons, and then they should be compelled to carry signalling apparatus. Searching is always attended by danger to the searchers, who frequently are not all experienced bushmen. "2
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 10
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163MOUNTAIN TRAMPING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 10
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