WHEELBARROW PUSH
Brothers In Sight Of Winning £2OOO Wager
(Received August 20,12.30 a.m.) Sydney, August 19.
A marathon wheelbarrow-pushing feat from Adelaide to Sydney ends about to-morrow, when the Alexander brothers, of Victoria, hope to collect a wager of £2OOO. Alex Alexander is pushing his brother Henry, who weighs 12 stoney from Adelaide to Sydney, 1104 miles, in ten weeks. and the trip is likely ;to be accomplished with a week in hand.
The pair were 25 miles outside Sydney this afternoon, and are due at. the city post office at noon to-morrow. Alex hast lost over three stone, and has worn out 11 pairs of shoes during the journey.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 15
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