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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1403, 19 January 1899, Page 14

Mr G. M. Schilling, who is under contrnc 1 ; to neakc a walking tour of Ihe world for a wager, made a public appcaranco in the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, a few ingß ago, supported .by a company of singers and instrumentalists. There was, apparently, little public curiosity to see a man 'who has already performed such feats as walking 8900 miles in nine months and 28 days, 3300 miles in 90 days, and 1000 miles in 21 days, irrespective of his presanf undertaking. Mr Schilling, who is a powerfully-built man, and looks quite capable of carrying out his contract, gave an account of the hardships he had met with in his walk over the American Continent. He explained the nature of his contract, which was to walk round the world in four years without begging, borrowing, or spending, and to return to New York, whence he started, with 500dol in cash. The way he made money, h° ! explained, was by selling photographs of himself, and while in Melbourne he put his experiences into book form. He was not allowed to ask people to purchase, because it was against the terms of his contract. One little circumstance he mentioned that raised a laugh was that he had so far worn out no less than 21 pairs of boots. For the safety of the travelling nublic. the Manawatu County Council has resolved that a temporary bridge should be I erected over the Rangitikei river at Bußa