PENNILESS LINGUIST
DISCOVERY IN PORTUGAL FORMERLY IN DOMINION (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) LISBON, Sept. 3 An elderly Irishman who gave his name as Placidus William Wiseman, and stated that once he was rich and lived in New Zealand, was discovered penniless in a village near Lagos, where he had started an English school. Wiseman speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21279, 5 September 1932, Page 9
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61PENNILESS LINGUIST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21279, 5 September 1932, Page 9
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