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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1924, Page 2

Tin: explorer Yilhjahnur Stefan.-sou. has written a very interesting sluiy, remarks a reviewer of his life with the Kskiiuos. The hook contains an account of the author's second expedition (IDOB-IH]2l to the Arctic. His object was to discover whether there existed cm the nort.li shore-of the American continent or on Hanks l.slaaid and Victoria Island any Eskimos who laid never seen a white man. lie accordingly left New York in A] rii. I DCS. a-c-om-panied by |)r. 11. .M. Andeison. an old school friend, and proceeded to Kort Mac I‘hersoii. at the heal c.f the .Mackenzie delta, reaching the- Arctic- coast three months later. 'lhroughout the winter many journeys were made along the north coast of Alaska, and the following spring the party headed eastwards, landing at Cape I’itrry in August. “when the real wurk of the expedition began. Hitherto we had been in a country frequented by white traders and -whalers and hv seini-eiviliscd Christian K-kililos. Imt now we lull left all that 1 "hind. Cape Parry is about a hundred miles east as rue travels by sledge in winter from the R.iillic Islands and Caje llathiirst. the most easterly settlement- of the civilised Eskimos. Tile country to the* eastward was known to us only through having I.e-.-n skirted twice in summer liv Sir John Richardson's exploring parties, first in 182fi and again in ISMS." A move was made in the? following month to l.an'iton Hoy. and. until the end of the year, the time was spent in hunting. Many hiliieultic.s were lilc-t with during the so-olid winter (1!!3:)-I0b hut in April. 1!M0. a start was made limn I angton Hay towards Coronation (lull. "We were now fairly started fur the unknown." hut the author adds that no one hut himsell was very enthusiastic over the c- 11 1«-rj.i i-e. However, his enterprise was rewarded, for oil May HI l-l-c-y di-eover-d the R;-l- ---| liiu and t'uicni Straits l-Nkiiitos “A sini|.|e. well-hrc-d an 1 hospitable- | e q !e"

—fri in whom the travellers h omo ! that further north, on Victoria Island, th'-re existed a ran- of Kskimes of light complexion and fair hoards. A few days later the authir made the trio to the island ami discovered tin ‘'hloi-d" and Kuril] ean-like Kxkimns. with whom t la- .summer of 1:H•) wars a; cut.

Tilt: (inventin', nt is being c riticised by a sec-lion oil'ls own press for its weak action in following the pat!i ol h-as! resista-me, by agn-eiug to two instead ot olio school of l-Yri-st ry. Iml -I" Ino heading ••I’aroehiali-m I* tin Mud," l!a- Dominion ot W'olhngtoii strongly criticises tie- Government's proposal to establish two sc-liocds of forestry. "I’aroohialisin and pandering lo pnr-ui-hiali'tu." is says " have never hec"i carried to a more absurd extreme than in the decision of the (iovernmelit to eslahlish two schools ol lorestry. All Auckland new soar.er has said it is dt 11 oi fill wlic-tlmr there- is room in the Domiliion lor two institutions ol this kind.. There is. i-i tael, not the slightest doubt that tie Dominion would obtain very much letter results ll'ulii one than from two. It tho Governlilolil docs its duty it will sol aside parochial considerations and reconsider ils decisions. It must l-o plain to all that student' ol lorestry would be heller trained if tin- available re sources were coiiccnt rat cd oil olio well slipporled schuid than if those rcsoureos wore divided bolweon two c.-s----t a l.lisiiinont s." Tho • Dominion" says that tin- exports have never rei oinliicndcd more than one school, and tho miniJa-r of students Diking up seieiililio lore ire will ii-'ros-arily I-" smaller i hail I hai oi lie- 10--1- oa I or denial 1 1 aim-. io-l it --h ln--.li flu tat I tonal slamlat.l. arc -It-mao.l ed in lit;- training el foresters, l ht- resources availahlo for this piirp as -in a c-aunlrv like Now /oalaud ar-' mil orally somewhat roslriotod. Tho polit-y of wastefullv dispersing these n-'Olirees by setting lIP two Schools of lores try when olio Would amply serve all needs obviously pays as lilt I,- regard to eliicieimy as to public interest. It is to la- hoped out spoken criticism of this character will have its ellVc-l alike on tho Ministry as also the public mind.