MR. SPEAKER AWHEEL.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 338, 20 January 1937, Page 5

MR. SPEAKER AWHEEL.

Starts Bicycle Tour With Companion.

Press Association—Copyright. Auckland. January 19,

“The fun of it” and the exercise to be had are the motives of a cycling tour from Auckland to Napier by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Wj E Barnard, and his friend of war days, Mr S. J. Bennett, now a schoolmaster at Palmerston North. They left Auckland today and expect to reach Napier tow ard the end of next week. “We usually do a cycling tour in January, although not such an extensive one as this,” Mr Bernard said. “We do it primarily for the fun of it and for the exercise. No, we do not camp. We have got beyond that stage and we don’t carry packs on our backs. We travel light, with our cases to our machines, but ■with no packs. We had enough of those in the war days. Of course, wc are not as young as we used to be, and while we do not mind a strenuous day we do enjoy a good hot bath and a comfortable bed at the end of it.” Mr Bernard and Mr Bennett will travel to Paeroa, Tauranga. where they will probably spend a day, Rotorua, Whakatane and Opotiki, going through the Waioeka Valley to Gisborne and thence by Tlniroto and Wairoa to Napier.