BARROW-PUSHING
NOT EASY IN BRITAIN. Received Sept. 9, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 9. 'Barrow-pushing apparently is more dangerous in Britain than Victoria or New South Wales Joe. Dawson, aged 75 has begun his third attempt, to cover 210 miles to Blackpool for a wager of £5O. On the first attempt he was mistaken for :m cs'-aped convict and detained. On tiie second attempt he, was averaging -10 miles daily when a car knocked him over a fence and wrecked the barrow.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 212, 10 September 1935, Page 7
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81BARROW-PUSHING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 212, 10 September 1935, Page 7
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