FAMILY ON TOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22437, 5 June 1936, Page 10

FAMILY ON TOUR

TRIP FROM WELLINGTON WALKING AND RIDING f ■ ■ MANY GENEROUS HELPERS With only about £1 of her snjjy store of money expended, a WellingW woman, Mrs. Violet Bulhnore, who ggfc out to walk to Auckland on May 27 with four of her children, reached th® j city last night. Mrs. Bullmpre said tlftf publicity given their venture had bj£|i surprisingly productive of offers * <jf lifts in all kinds of vehicles, and 0 meals and accommodation. They l 9 ft To Kuiti yesterday morning, Were driven to -Hamilton, walked for jg£| miles, and then accepted a ride, in motor-truck usually used for convey,! ing racehorses. This unusual trafigpojj brought them to the Great South Roafl tramway terminus, and they continued to the city by tramcar. Warmly clad, and wearing woollen t mittens h'-t usually encountered even I ill the middle of an Auckland winter £ tV whole party was delighted with th» trip, which was decided upon ag * treat when the fathr r of the family, after five years of unemployment recently obtained temporary work in Wetimgton. Mrs. iiullmore said that they planned to return by the east coast route in perhaps two months' time. Meanwhile she would seek work in Auckland, and would eend children, ranging from a boy of nearly;; five years to a girl, of 13, to school. "Jt, is "a great experience, and thft children are seeing more of New Zealand than they might otherwise havg done in a lifetime," Mrs. Bu)hnor» added. The party travelled light. Wiethe exception of the youngest boy, wha had quite sufficient to carry in. him. self, each bore a small pack, containing blankets, one or two articles of clothing, and other odds and ends< Rarely had they to buy food. An occasional loaf, and sometimes a piec® o| cheese, were the principal purchase*.