HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
Itinerant beggars who haunt the doors of suburban homes appear to have great faith in the credulity of housewives, and perhaps a justified faith; but a man who tried his luck in Wellington yesterday would certainly qualify for a super-optimist. He carried with him four letters, documentary evidence, as it were, of the bona fides of his application. The letters had to be posted, he complained, but he could not afford to buy the stamps. And here he stretched imagination a little far. He had lost £3000 oi his farm in Napier, he said, and had walked out on Saturday; and, although his appearance belied it, he had kept walking—trudging to Wellington. He had walked, he maintained, every inch of the way. It is not known whether this record—over 200 miles in 48 hours —will be officially recognised.
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Evening Post, Issue 20, 23 July 1935, Page 13
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141HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL Evening Post, Issue 20, 23 July 1935, Page 13
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