DOMINION NEWS
P. AND T. GIRL’S FEAT. PA. WELLINGTON, September 19. A young Fost and Telegraph messenger, Miss J. Simpson, made a name for herself when she climbed to the top of the rigging of the mainmast, of the four-masted barque, Pamir, berthed at King’s Wharf, Wellington. “I wonder what it would feel like, to be up there,” she remarked on going aboard to deliver a telegram. “.Why don’t you go up and find out,” jokingly chaffed some of the crew. Miss Simpson accepted the challenge, and whipped up the ratings until she reached very near to the top of the mainmast. As handily as she had gone aloft, she descended to the deck, the daring feat being cheered by onlookers.
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Grey River Argus, 20 September 1945, Page 6
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