"In 1919," said Mr Turner, "I climbed a pass about 5000 feet above sea level, and, looking over it, concluded that it went into the Hollyford Valley from the Tutoko Valley. This year I made up my mind to find out all about it, because a good many of my friends and New Zealand authorities were very keen to get a practicable pass so that tourists could go a complete tour round Tutoko group of mountains to Milford Sound track. It is now very gratifying to me, after eight months of exploration and discoveries in this district, to be able to complete my exploration by the discovery of this pass, which embraces from Queenstown to Milford Sound, a journey via Elfin Bay, Greenstone Valley, Hollyford Valley the head of Lake McKerrow, over a pass 4100ft high, almost entirely free from snow all the year round, and across to the head of an alpine valley. It will be necessary for the Government to make a tunnel of about 150 yards through a rock wall which divides the head of the Tutoko Valley from the head of the valley discovered in my expedition this year. The journey before going through the tunnel can be broken and in one day the second-greatest icefield in New Zealand, which is the centre of the Tutoko region, can be visited and two or three hours spent in the most fantastic icefield it would be possible to imagine. The next day would be a fairly easy one if a good track were cut down to the head of Milford Sound."
Improving farmers’ knowledge
The Winter School for Farmers, which will open on May 29 under the directorship of Mr A.H. Cockayne, Government Biologist, is an innovation so far as Otago and Southland is concerned. For several years at Ruakura and for two years at the Central Development Farm, Weraroa, courses of this kind have been conducted with great success. Last week at Ashburton a farm school was held for Canterbury farmers, and large numbers attended the different lectures, the course proving an unqualified success. There seems to be no reason why the Dunedin school should not prove equally successful, and from the number of farmers applying for enrolment it is anticipated that a large and representative gathering will result. The main objects of the course may be summarised as follows: To give the largest amount of information in practical agriculture and livestock management in the shortest possible time; to give this information at a season of the year when farm work is least pressing; to awaken the young farmers to the many interesting facts and opportunities on the farm and generally to make them better farmers and more intelligent and useful citizens.
Dealership for Hope St
Registration of Ford Motors Dunedin Ltd has just been effected, the company’s place of business being the garage lately owned by T.E. Shiel and Co in Hope street. The company, which holds the Ford agency for Dunedin territory, is exclusively engaged in handling Ford cars, Fordson tractors and accessories and repairs. It is negotiating for the purchase of property which will give it an additional quarter-acre of space .
— ODT, 22.5.1923 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)
