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When Mr. Parkinson, a strong manof Bee'chworth (Victoria) offered to push Mr. Evails, a local hotclkceper. to the top of Mount Buffalo in a wheelbarrow for £2O, he little dream-ed-'that the Melbourne press would work up sneh excitement. It is nol tlio first tiino that .something umisuiil hits come out of Beeehworth. Was it not here that a'candidate for the Victoria 11 Parliament in the roaring days rode'down the main street on a horsosliod with golden shoes to celebrate his victory''
'Where the craze is going to end we. do not know, but in Melbourne they are organising'wheelbarrow carnivals in aid of hospitals, with prizes for men's events, women's events, and mixed doubles, best, decorated barrow, and most humorous. —Sydney Morning, Herald. , _ ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 15
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