HARDSHIPS OF MAIN TRUNKERS
ON THE WAT FROM ONE
O'CLOCK
■■I -; a :/\■'■:[.A SNOWFALL. \ ." .A:; previously indicated, ■; many par•etiti and. children enjoyed very v little .sleep on Sunday night in anticipation £f liat was.before them on the rnorr-oV, bat local _hardships paled into insigmhcauco before the trying experiences of "t%/.^m Trunkers, and some of the ottspring of pioneers who are carving out "homos./for themselves in the way back settlements beyond Taumarunul. Many, of; theso children.. in order to loayo-Taumarunui by the 2-30 a.m. tram, had to bo up and on the way by ono o'clock, and as one of the teach•ow remarked to a reporter of the "Chronicle," "We had to get up beforo wo got to bed." Despite all disabilities, however, including a 'heavy rail of snow at Waiouru, the little band of patriots . arrived at Wanganui ax twenty to eleven, and-no ono would .{.udgo from their appearance that tht>v had experienced a trying time, or nearly eleven hours' journey. ' Tho schools represented on tho Main Trunk train were Rangiwahia (Mr. Campbell), Mataroa (Miss Bowler). Main South (Miss Tvoan) Horopito (Mr. Clinch). Rangitaua (Mr. Rees), Hinxiu (Mr. Bryan)
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 8
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189HARDSHIPS OF MAIN TRUNKERS Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 8
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