.Speaking to a llanawatu Standard reporter about liis trip back from Tingland, via the Panama Canal. Mr. Charles Smith, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at iPalmerston Xorth, said that the passage through the locks was a perfect sight. "These locks are simply wonderful, especially the ."iatnr., in which the vessel is raised 85 feet through three series of small locks. One hardly realised the vessel was moving, and the astonishing fact, was that all this was done .silently; we heard no commands or saw any bustling, everything being done quietly by telephone commands." The scenery around Ciatun Lake .was most beautiful, dense vegetation growing to the water's edge. After thht, until one got to Panama, there was little scenic attraction. "Going through the Culebra Cut is like traveling through a narrow mud stream," eoncltod-
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1916, Page 5
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136Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1916, Page 5
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