WALK ROUND THE WORLD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 17

WALK ROUND THE WORL D.

A member of the crew cftte Tv«er cbsamer A'iwaru, which arrived at Mcibourna a few day.s ago. named 1. a. GraeJiie33, claims to have almost accomplished the feat of walking round t!*& The Niwaru aj«-iv<:<si from London direct, and Greenlwa stated that he loakc« forwaTci to a tramp frotn MelbouiTje to Sydney, which will be the last lap of h:e ; long journey. Upon arrival there be will, h& Warts, l>e entitled to wesiw £20,000 from a goaifcUinaji who watered that sum that Uroankss could not accomplish this task 0n.3 of th* oonditioua b&ing that he should neither hzg, borrow, nor steal cJjrin^ his lonj journey. , Aecordim? to Groenkea, who is a Kentuckia*n, he and three coropamioms nanued M'Cl<:^k«y, Jonss- a»d Ryan, set out on their toul ffom the Sydcey Post OBice on Ist Jun>3. 1905. Walking to Meloourae, they proceeded by stearD'.T to I^ucoeston, whence they train psd down to Hoboxt There they riliippsd on a tteame.r.for South Africa, and 0:1 arrival at Capetown proceaded to walk to Cairo. Tiboy were getting along splendidly until a he*"de of savags natives crossed Ui-eir path JKer the Croocxl-ile- EiTOr, ami Jowas and Evan, who were walking oonaiilerably ahead oi tbeir companions, w-crc sudd^ly attackoo hy the natives, and killed with assagais before Urecmlcea and his mato could go to thena?sisfcan«e. Taking shelter behind socee iook». Grccnlees and M'C'cakey fired ispon the nrtives with thv^ir' TViucheirter rifles, wlwr^upon th^ sava|fe3 ficd in confus:on, leav:rct" Grcenlces and M'Clcskey matiovs of th-2 eituaHon Th? tra-.ciisro ultimately reaehe>ii Bulawayo anc'i repcrtod th-s tragic cccurrflnce, suHi.(;uontly rover'njr their jcurn«y. When. Cairo wtus reached tbcv I'tok steamer to Cey'ion. and th-enee fo:- I"''ia, v.'hero t^y v.-a.!kcl a<.rc*.s the who! 3 ccati-neut. America, Japan, China, Russia, Germany. Franct-. &cor!ai)f!, Irc-lai'd, ar.<l Kngku-fT were, (Troent?; 1 - states, ali uaiileed over by hir/i. BLe, howeve-i-. l<x~t M'Oloakey in N-e«r Mexico, \vher>e th>- latter i/ysk ill a.'.d diod. Gi - e3n !- e•-«e •-« states that he hai worn out 120 pi ; rs of boors glaring hio travels, but at the oxp-nditure cf cno more pair hi* hoi:«s to cD'Tiplet-e hiti pil?rimag-e to Sydcey. Grecintas* claims to have won distinction in ih.;- So-3-r war by tavin-g on« of thaB^itis'i <;ii!i^ Ho also vcavs a fln^rer nn^ which, h^ srate,?, was presep-tod io him by Kins Krlward. On the lapel of his ccit ho evh'b.'ts a bad^-e bearing th-3 simple i.T-rription, " WaJkin^* round tue world," anr! having as a pan<lant an American onec^r.t pices.

Britis-h and Xew Zealand Po-'t Office Savinsrs Ea.nk?, by which acounis may be traasforr^a, ha« low been in o-peratioa for *ix moths. In that perlcd 189 New Zealarxl accounts were transferred to tho United Kingdom, an<l 195 aocounrfi transferrtxl thence to the New Zealand Savings Bank. A pernia.iK-r.tly 6c!f-!uminoa3 watch dial and miJitaiy aijrht compass was a Jale exhibit in London by C. E. S. PhillipeTho gJa=s di«.ie hay& figures on tho upper surfac?, and arc hacked with a. radium bromide compound. The figures stand out very clearly at night.