FLIGHT TO CAPE
OCTOGENARIAN WOMAN f. t -1 - • ■ SEARCH FOR EXCITEMENT LONDON. Feb. 20. Finding life du]l, Mrs Charles Torroy, 82, formerly of Alpha station. Rockhninpton, hooked, without tolling her family or friends, a 'passage by air to Capetown, in search of change and excitement.. She, told a representative of the Sun that, she had not previously flown, hht hoped-to continue northwards to Nairobi, either by aeroplane or bullock wagon, because she was anxious to see a lion outside prison bars, , She is a remarkably active woman, looking no more than 50. She is a friend and neighbor of the Queen at Shhdrihghani. She walks five miles daily and has had.a romantic life. Mrs, Torrey claims direct descent from John Rolfo, husband of Princess Pochhontas. Asked what clothes she was carrying, sfto replied: “Certain!v, pyjamas I must look reasonable in the event of a descent in the jungle or ucseu."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18335, 1 March 1934, Page 5
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150FLIGHT TO CAPE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18335, 1 March 1934, Page 5
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