LOST TRAMPERS
PUBLICITY DEPRECATED
"Every tramper was relieved when the four missing trampers reached civilisation after a fortnight in the. Northern Tararuas," states a paragraph in the annual report of the Hutt Valley Trampins Club. "It is unfortunate that the newspapers made such capital of the affair, and many of the letters to the daily papers were absurd in the extreme, and showed that the average pedestrian has a distorted idea as to the nature of the country and about tramping generally. It is unfair for people who do not know the country to give an opinion, and it appears difficult for some people to realise that a tramper can be marooned between snowedin tops (above the bush-line is the tramper's natural highway in the Tararuas) and swollen rivers. Considering the bad weather, the Inst missing party endured the severe conditions very well. We have to thank our members who took part in the search, and also those who offered their services. Credit is due to the Tararua Tramping Club for the efficient way they organised the search parties. It is pointed out that the dancer of club parties pettine lost is very remote, as a responsible leader who knows the country is always in charge of our parties."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 148, 26 June 1933, Page 3
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209LOST TRAMPERS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 148, 26 June 1933, Page 3
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