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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9409, 1 April 1909, Page 2

Two stalwart pedestrians, one African born, whose name is Jeivyn, and another named Bryant who olaims to have been the champion Indian dab-swinger in the Navy, presented themselves at the Christchurch Evening News office on Wednesday last. They said they were journeying round the world for an alleged wager of £IO,OOO to £IOO each travelling at an average rate of 6000: miles a year, the conditions being that they leave every town penniless Snd pay their way as they go by Vhat they can earn by their own exertions, the surplus moneys always being presented to hospitals. Jervyn says he started out from Capetown on June 28rd, 1907, and walked through to Lake Albert NyanZa and by the coast down to Durban. His mate was killed In an encounter with ■ a lion and he himself was badly inanled. He bad travelled through Tasmania and hdd been joined by Bryant In New Zealand. The travellers’ next walk would be from Brisbane to Perth and after that from Vancouver to Montreal. The journey would last over a period of seven years. The chief object of the wager, according to Jthese latest exponents of walking for a living, is to prove that a man can make a living wherever he goes and that_ the acceptation of charities is mainly due to laziness.