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Readers' Pictures
This beautiful study of creme cacti flowers on a cactus plant 4½ feet high was sent in by Mrs L. E. Williams 512 Palmerston Road.
Apparently sitting on a cloud, Tim De Lautour is in reality competing in the diving championships at the Boys High School swimming sports.
Large eels are the order of the day in these pictures. At left, Trevor Springgay, of Gisborne, with Mrs A. Hazelwood, Upper Hutt, and a 5ft conger eel caught at Marlborough Sounds. At right, "Sharky" Henry with a 3ft 3in, 121b eel caught in a small creek at Tolaga Bay. This picture from D. Hooper, Tolaga Bay.
This sign on a workshop at Cook Hospital caught the interest of a South Island visitor, Miss Doris Langley, Rangiora