WALK ROUND WORLD

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 279, 9 November 1931, Page 11

WALK ROUND WORLD

TWO NEW ZEALANDERS. START FROM AUCKLAND. A decision to walk round the world, that is, as much of tho world as can be walked on, has been made by two New Zealanders, Messrs. F. Dunford and H. Clouston. The former is 43 years of age and a resident of Rakaia, the latter 23 years of age and a resident of Wanganui. Mr. Dunford set out from Whangaroi on October 24 and walked round North Auckland, as a preliminary. He has been joined in Auckland by Mr. Clouston, and tho pair proposed to set out on Saturday morning from the chief Post Office, with Invercargill as their New Zealand objective. Mr. Clouston has already seen something of the world. He has been down towards the Antarctic with one of tho Byrd expedition supply ships, whaling in the Arctic, fireman on ocean tramps and a cannery worker in tho Canadian salmon fisheries. The pair mean to take any employment that is offering while on tour, and have hopes of lecturing on the way. They will not disdain a lift, should any venevolent motorist offer it. They expect to wa]k across most of Australia after working their way across from New Zealand, and they hope that the next stage will be through Asia, in the direction of China. “The record for walking round the world is supposed to be six years,’’said Mr. Dunford, “and we hope to bo able to beat that by a big margin. •'