Hut Working Party No. 10

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HUT TORKING PARTY No.10s Sept..24/26th. In spito of the rleintivo, ont-ropeat-d cuory of Iho's loading this trip anyway", sone notico was takon of our Loador during tho wookend and in consequenca our hut ad-vanced another stago or two naror complotion. Tho truck loft alnost on time on "riday night, and antor thr slight lenso of lraving ono mombor bohind in Potone, pickod up various "Got out of the rut - livo at tho Hutti bods until tho quota of 14 plus 3 girls for transport only was rachrd. Tho shed at Andrew's- Farm mas gratofully borrownd for a dressing"room I ths partios' tail wavaring out at 9.30. - did we hoar someono say that our leador wore no slickor on tho trip to tho valloy? Thoy brood thom tough in thom thar hills. I hopo that I rill bo orcused for tolling talos out of school, but ask Val OT Botty some timo how thay w-ro looking forward to bodding down in thr opon aftor throo-bad typos had convincad them that the right track had boon lost sono tim artor loaving the top of the Puffer; the "Torror of the Tawhorenikau" doosn't soreanttie scream = wails. Saturday saw the usual procossion of workers arriving rarly and lato with Hastorton Y. .C.A. also con- Vorging on Smiths Crook Hut *rom points "orth and South, roary to join battlo with tho doad Totara vhich lay at tho rivor's odgo on tho first bond at the start of the rorge. Work comencod. Axas wore- swung, adzos too, saws hissod, ham iers thudded, knives donuded Kanuka bark, slashers cloarod tho track for future carrying of "otara slabs and tho painters with Bituninous Paint loadad brushos Woro dotonrod by all whilo down river Mast-orton cross-cutted, Wodgod, hamored and got vot in tho rain. In tho latish aftornoon the final cut through the Totara saw the Soctions fall four Port into tho river, taking the cross-cut with thom i did you got Very wot - Bos? Nothing nuch could bo done about shifting thotroo Soctions then and so thoy Woro loft to tho tond-r mercios of tho rising rivor for tho night. Mo Woro all back at tho hut in timo to hoar the final fow minutos of tho Wollington - Otago Panfurly Shield natch on Poter's portablo radio end a whilo lator aftor carrying out somo floor repairs Wo had our "stoo"good work Val and Botty. Puring tho evening Johnny Pobinson arrivod having cone via the Morchant, Alphr and Block Sixtoon.

Sunday damnod with bottor woather and the axos - startad swinging again. "ho rivor had-shifted the tree Sections a bit during tho night and oventuelly one S-Ction Tas frond and now lios on tho othor sido of tho rivin tho shallows out OP the mein currant - was it Wot in the river Johnny, Morv. Cyril and Ian? (Sinco this articl- was writton tho rivor has boon in flood and Wo have lost tho Soction Toforrod to in thn procooring fow linos and also tho lowor part of tho troo as woll. rd.) During tho lato norning -thyl, Tholma and "Frank" rollod in 1 "thyl's appraranco boing grooted by long, low whistlos - havo YOU Soon tho latest tremporis ensomble on show at Smiths "ronk Hut?, and about 2.30 Max ca 10 running in aftor having misiaid the track on routo - a good oxcuse for a rost. Max. Th- aftornoon saw tho USnal procossion out over the Puffor whilo 4 camo out via Dobson's to gathor at the truck for homo at 5p.m. "hanks go out to all who came on this working party and with a snocial thank you to lnsterton Y.M.C.A. for this, thoir third appoarenco on our Hut orking Portios and to Dos Manning and Morv Noblo, who, although they Woro not on tho vorking party, did a lot- nore than somo-who Wero - and incidentally got rathor Wot in thn process. Tho party was:- Val Moug, Botty Broystor, -thyl Carter, Tholma nodge, "alla Hobbs (Loador), Phil Fhillips, Donis Allison, Tom Lavton, Pod "filne, Potor "clillan, Ian Hind marsh, Rill Canpboll, Graham Nowlands, Barry "ilcox, Cyril Jecinard, John-Robinson, "Frank" "cGoan, Mast Hartin and Torry Moorc. T.M.