Man ends life as tramp
PA Auckland A man, aged 74, ended three years of being a tramp in Plymouth when he flew into Auckland, thanks to a fund-raising campaign in that English city. Bill Hooper, Englishborn but for most of his life a resident of Ngaruawahia, greeted reporters: “It’s William
Henry Hooper, but you can call me Bill.”
Mr Hooper, nicknamed Blinky because of his nervous eye-blinking, said Plymouth had been very nice. He said a snack-bar owner, Mr John Dudley, had held an appeal for his airfare when Mr Dudley heard he was homesick for New Zealand.
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Press, 29 June 1987, Page 4
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