AUCKLAND NOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1933, Page 3

AUCKLAND NOTES

Special Correspondent.

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The phenomenal weather we hive ex-; p?i"it'i’i.-ed. hero.,' dr<rittg ’pßst/ fort-; night— cy.it it me beat... alternating with cold ■-tv.uips' apparently acnlmihated ' in. -the phenomenal cv.oudbuvstyi-nuthe Tau-i maranui district. . The 'M-ainßTrivnk expresses had a minScufousV eidape- from .serious disaster rhd'tfcfre iudamage has been .so-..cxtenisivesethat through>lcomm uni cation- wi A, h© ‘ so.uiewhafe ' ■dislocated fir some time to eotne; I-(vyii-The sudden...change's of. temperature .were responsible, .aho; fovrau exceptionally ‘heavy sea fog which held »up shipping . for some 'twelve! 4 hours,. 'The, fogwav the .’heaviest experi'encfel. for-.'many years.-at this isea s on of .ftfeouyfeawl

In'the . Danzig ''Sweep' on tliV. G l ’-'- 11 " National Steeplechase ffme £843 has

■'wen won by Afmklanders. In connection with this event some £3OO will be available, for distribution to New Zealand . charities. ,

'Auckland l.s‘ nppa.rehti'v to be ci’ed-itcd —or blamed—foi- the .attempt to launch yet another political party. Iffy an ! ambitions title can'secure, it recognition ite status' should be very high. a:s pl- - to be known as the New Zealand Political Federation. It i s claimed to be a federation which .people of .all; parties, ahd all shades of political opi-o-rn rtn join. ’lt i.s to aim high but it will, be iinterto see what “practicable coivdruCjtiyg;; programme”—as the ovg.ani.sf.4’s-.. .put,.; itcan be evolved 'which will .appeal,;allk® to the .Conservative, .;Liberai Socialist, banH even Communist. Even the Douglas 1 Credit. System with its mythical algebraic- formula, . and - its. promise of free distribution -of currency won’t do that/ 'However the .new o 1 ’- gaiiiitation ifi to llml-d a Dominion igon- . ferehce in Wellingion . 'shorti'y -so wo must -possess ’Ouf v soul's in patience until the .epoch '..making manifesto its issued. .Old West -'Coastcd’s '.up here will be pleased to learn of the.; of the .South Island T^ourjs^^^eibpra<*nt' League. We quite. recognise, the «e«-*ir-il beauties by which we.jare.surfOunded •here in the north, and the wonders of the thermal of Rotorua. But knowing .ss we do .the charm and beauty of the glofidfuS s'ceftery of the south' it seems to many of us a pity that r -o few comparatively of the tourists who visit l Ndw Zealand3see, bird wonderful Southern .Alps,' ithe. Oil'd' Lakes, or "tiid' '-Sbylids. ’ '-Huhßrhcts ' ru tourists' ■ a't’vi.vp lriak'e''a "huVrJed . trip to Rotorua;; 'afV'cT r’e.]bin ,t;ueir "ship Apparently ■''SA;tisfied , .'t|i.ey,,; }li-a„ve deoil 'New ' ' In,", ' do" [ this,-'i't' i-s' tidie'AVdihe ’ few; f jay" thehi- : selves'but -to 'jsffi'j&e * bouhtry properly:' ! Some time 'agH'l'had - t-iio plo'suro of i meeting • ah .Ehgli'shman and his' wife i who 'were mrtlcinj? a . three-year ’ tour round the‘world'. 'They had spent some Inihe- months 'ih Nevv Zealand and were Heaving. with regret. They., ydec-1 feel'’ ’ 'pleasant-- recollections 'they, wouid ; -carry away with them 'were, of Soifth --Westland ■and. dhe hih-dnehs i)ri-d'’ lp^spitaiitV' th'ey, jhad; hxpeficheed • 't'hdrq. /.Thdy we'i'b the midf-g " pliili s a'hlff *?stvrpr'fs%r ‘ ais> ralejr.'L'id/ iiiehti--sfrfeh'dAHrihle rs •tvavdtdhor jin the ikhtpd ; ;hiTfV. / there' ivifs oilly''very'•'sbe-on'd-;>icla'Ss' 'lacc'o:hthml.ati.oh'.; jiedding- h#'ion / 'i?houl(:i ' .be' d-i|phlled'; as, [the 'heaiififhi of Thp -sp'udiv jjni’ht iihfohcr 'oi; intrr '-prove ' tub xible attraction tb the : and -should' provb :, a ! ; ..properly advertisbcl. ■\ ; Just at daybreak yesterday Sir -Charles •Ivingsford Smith got away , frO.ni the Ninety-Mile'’ Beacli’,' andt ah'.ybnr readers twill have lenfned. ■inadb the .return'Tasman' flight to 'Sydii'dj'lin“6om.o thirteen hours, without iiieiflent. of'.nus-' hap --of any kind.' The distaiitd'.coyered •was approximately Tlos miles. Natural-,-ly considerable interestAyds'"taken''.locally in the. big rh n-plbiie 'aud its -intrepid crew. The news that “Sinitliy” iwill • return : to "' New Zealand'’ 1 liv, air.' next'

year to ‘“visit the' toWnsyhe ov'ei-look-bd- this time” will-bed .'welcomed. There hhvo ■nbrv-'b'bdti ’five sue-, cessful non-stop flights -adl'dss the "Tas- : man and .-with the “rapid hf'jygf'eSs' ‘now being made in aviation it ...stkfihs highly probable -that before nidify J y^i's"a t regu-lar-air service wall'havedbee’n‘j&sthbHsetl. Aviation is very pophlaif''lrP Auckland just now. Last week-sdnVeHiWfitf aeroplanes' took, -part* iiv a-.display' at Man•gere, some !• ; of - these ' machines* -coming' from' as- farAduth' as-tlnvercargill. Sonle .splendid flying - was witnessed, including parachute tricks, stunts, ami .formation flying. The spectacle was witnessed bv a very large and enthusiastic gathering. ; ’