RECORD LETTER WRITER.
SUSSEX CLERGYMAN’S CLAIM. Who is the world’s record letter writer? asks the London Daily Mail. This does not include those fond lovers who send almost hourly notes to their dearests, or those dutiful husbands, who, when absent on business in other parts of the country, indite notes to their wives whenever they have a spare few minutes. It refers to those pub-lic-Bpirited persons who write to the newspapers. Rev. J.. P. Bacon-Phillips, of Burgess Hill, Sussex, in a letter to the Daily Mail, claims to have sent 60,000 letters and postcards to newspapers. He has added to the family motto. “Courage and Industry” that “While I live I Write.” The Daily Mail estimates that Rev. Mr Phillips has written 5,000,000 words, equal to 60 novels, or four times the length of all Shakespeare’s plays. Of the letters, 6000 were printed. The run-ner-up is Mr B. Simmons, who has bad 3163 printed from 11,000 written.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19291014.2.98
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 8
Word Count
157RECORD LETTER WRITER. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in