BY RIVER AND ROAD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17471, 21 January 1931, Page 3

BY RIVER AND ROAD

A 1500-MILE ARGOSY j young man to visit here I A \ isi lii r In Napier win all re mci I a g veil I ilea I nf ; 1111 ■ 111 iii Sunday as he paddled his well-loaded lull granTulhmki ng rra IT armss I In' I lay, ski r( ing the shore I'rmii the mint! !i of 1 in- Tnk i- , Niki In tim poet aml I lienee up ihe Till nek mi to mis! s ' ramping «roll ii. I, was Mr. Stanley h’n.-e. llmj } l! ling A tuT; lander, who is in 1 lie roilrse ! oI a 1 5(lil-inile lour I>\ ri\ er and road 1 in a 12IT . rat , Ih e frame work of i uliir Ii is run si ni r t e-1 or Oregon pine. l ro\ ered n it!i <• a nmas. j Ml", h’li-e, io l reviewed hv a Napier j Teleg ra pli represenl afire, laid the ( story of fils I ravels from Waipukurail. J Be a I'l'i \-ei I in I'm < '••nt ra i Ilav.k" 's l Bay township by r, aid froni Wol Ii n g Men, via Bio Wairarnpn, on Thursday j last, am! that night ranijied on the i hanks of Ihe Tukituki. Friday ami | Saturday- were spent in the negof in - Mini of the river 1 o its mull 1 ii. a a j argosy fraught with not a little exrii emeu !. Mr. I’use sirs in the liark of his era I'!, am! when lie sigh t s 1 except ion aI ly shallow water ahead, it. is his practice 1 o jump mil aml walk. I lie was called upon in do this many times during the ! journey down I!m To I; itu ki, 1 nit never ■ t heless, in spile of preraut ions, I lie ' hot tom of ! lie ra nor had Jim ay bumps, I and it, is i n‘i ug I'epa iIIi ed in X: Ipi er. j R was his Till out lull In leave yes! or . day for Gisborne while Ihe good wea- ! I her holds. Be in I ends lo navigate j his ra around I lie Bay to \\ a iron land I hence to G ishorne, sk ir:i ng the | coast all Ihe way. | Grom Gisborne he proceeds lo Opo j tiki by road, whenro he rout i n lies to j Whakaltiae by sea. Ai W’hahalfine |he on re a git in I a kos the road aml i proceeds, via Rolortta, to the source of i the Tim mes River. When 1 his poi nt is I reaeiied hi- road work ends, and he | plies liis paddle down the Thames River and up ; iie Gin ii of Thames round io Auckland again. is.:;, Bold Archer 8.7. Nal.i 8.1. Wedding Bell - 7.9, Running Over 7.5. i’re- blent's Handicap. Royal Songster !).h. Mon ii ia i n i lea lii 8.11, Te i Awha 8.6. Alen 7.3, Tall Timber 7.2, I The. Aul hois Dimmer 7.0. .