WINTER IN FINLAND
Captain P. V. Cotter and Mrs. Cotter recently arrived in Sydney, states the "Sydney Morning Herald." Though Mrs. Cotter's home before her marriage was in London, she has. lived in Scotland, South Africa, India, and Finland, going where the whim took her. This is her first visit to Australia^ ICEBOUND. - ! Some years ago she had the novel experience of being in Finland ■ for eight months, four of which were Surmg the icebound season. In the capital, Helsingfors, she did not find life so unusual, but in the country where she spent most of her time it was very novel. Snow lay on the ground seven or eight feet deep, and all transport was done by horses and sledges. Any cross-country travelling had to be done by foot on skis, and snowshoes were, of course, as essential as rubber overshoes in a rainy climate. In such circumstances everyone took part in winter sports, through sheer necessity if not from choice. Fishing, Mrs. Cotter said, was a great attraction of the country, and it was quite a usual sight to see peasants sitting on little stools on the frozen rivers arid fishing through holes cut through the ice.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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199WINTER IN FINLAND Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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