WALKING ROUND THE WORLD.
———■" ♦ — ""' ■ A START WITH NO MONEY. [BY telegraph.— press association.] Ciiristchitrch, Saturday. Mr. W. Wilson left Cathedral Square shortly after two o'clock this afternoon, on a walking tour round the world, and was farewelled \by a, large crowd. Mr. Wilson expects -to be away for -it least three years. His itinerary will be from Christchurch to .the Bluff, then over to Melbourne, across the Australian Continent to Fremantle, then on to Colombo, through India, and across Asia Minor to Naples. T'rqm Naples he will sail for England, and he will make extensive tours through the British Isles, afterwards leaving Queenstown for New York. He will then cross the American Continent to Vancouver, and from Vancouver he, will sail for Auckland and thence back to Christchurch. Mr. Wilson called on the. Mayor this morning, and was given a certificate under the city seal that he left Christchurch with no money in his pockets, this being done owing to the fact that one of the conditions of the tour is that 'lie mitet start penniless. - .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13782, 22 June 1908, Page 5
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