IMMIGRANT GOLFER.
AMUSING EXPLANATION.
ADVENTUROUS LAND-GIRL. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aisociation. (Reed. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 16.
Sir Joseph Cook writes to the press with reference to the Largs Bay immigrants, statinff that he has received a letter from an Eastbourne clergyman, who, from a description given of tho golf-girl among the immigrants, presumes that it refers to his niece, who, with his daughter, bas gone to Tasmania to work for a well-known farmer. Both girls, says the clergyman, are experienced land-workers, the golfer having worked in a market garden in Kent for two years and his daughter on a farm in Worcestershire and later in the forestry service.
He states that the alleged " globetrotter "is a fully qualified cook, a skilled motor-driver, and is experienced with horses, She took £7 with her and transferred £20 to Tasmania. This, together with her golf clubs and clothes, constituted her worldly possessions. Tho girl told her father that if she did not like Tasmania she would work her way somewhere else. This probably was the solo foundation for Uie story of the globetrotter among the immigrants.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18018, 17 February 1922, Page 5
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184IMMIGRANT GOLFER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18018, 17 February 1922, Page 5
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