For the second year in succession, Maidstone has held its Errand Boys’ Derby. Maidstone’s plan is to increase the speed and civility of her errand-boys, by boldine an annual race, and this year there wore 60 competitors, divided into two classes, foot and wheeled. They had to cover a course of three or four miles and deliver envelopes at certain points on the route. They got marks for neatness and politeness" as well as speed. They ended up at the Town Hall, where the winner received 30s and every competitor had a free pass for the local kinemas. Last year’s winner got a rise from his employer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21831, 19 December 1932, Page 12
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107Page 12 Advertisements Column 5 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21831, 19 December 1932, Page 12
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