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Otago Witness, Issue 3957, 14 January 1930, Page 48

Accompanied by his two daughters— Miss Audrey Gilbert, aged 13, and Miss Vera Gilbert, aged nine, Mr A. E. R. Gilbert, manager of the New Plymouth Sash and Door Company, Ltd., made the ascent of Mount Egmont recently (says the Taranaki Herald). Several other climbers turned back because of intermittent mist on the mountain. Mr Gilbert and his daughters left the Mountain House at 12.45 p.m., and reached the summit in the late afternoon. Part of the way it was necessary to help the youngest climber, while both of the girls felt the cold severely. They were rewarded with a view that must be unsurpassed. For a short period the surrounding country and the South Island was entirely free of mist. The Southern Alps, 300 miles away, stood out with remarkable claritj’ in the fine air. The three sister peaks of the Tongariro National Park were also beautifully clear. Rivers and streams radiating from the mountain were equally prominent. The sight was a magnificent one while it lasted, according to Mr Gilbert. The three arrived back at the hostel at a quarter to 8. In the course of an address at the anniversary celebrations of the Lawrence School on Saturday, Sir James Allen made reference to the fact that the Government had decided to send to the nearest relative of every New Zealand soldier who had been buried in a war cemetery overseas a photograph of the headstone of the grave, along with a picture of some part of the cemetery. Sir James urged all those who were entitled to, and had not yet received these photographs, to communicate with their local member of Parliament or with Sir James himself.