Climbing of Mount Rolleston under winter conditions will be undertaken at the end of next week by Dr J. C. Bradshaw and Mr R. Twyneham, of
Christchurch. The two expect to leave Christchurch on Thursday, and go by way of the Bealey Glacier. After the ascent they will take the long glissade into the Otira Valley. A loss of £45,086 on the operation of the Auckland Municipal Tramways is shown by the accounts for the year ended March 31. which were presented to the Transport Commission on Wednesday. With this - addition there is an accumulated deficiency in the Tramways Account of £83.360. Separate accounts show a profit on the tramways alone of £18,943, compared with about £9OOO in the previous year, and a loss on the buses of £64,029 compared with a loss of £48,000 in 1926-27.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18466, 18 May 1928, Page 16
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