New Zealand Hitch-Hikers

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8832, 12 October 1942, Page 2

New Zealand Hitch-Hikers

The art of hitch-hiking has been acquired by many New Zealanders since the war began. How it came in useful in a journey ‘from Toronto to New York, a distance of 500 miles, is told by Leading-Aircraftsman A. R. Toscy, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, in a letter to his parents, Mr and Mrs 11. .T. Josey, of Birkenhead, Auckland. Towards the end of July last, LeadingAircraftsman Josey and a friend set out on .a hitch-hike trip from Toronto to New York. They were rather fortunate in being able to get plenty of lifts'' to Niagara, and after crossing the border and getting lost;in Buffalo, on Lake Brie at the western end of New York State, they proceeded eastwards to New York itself. They were given lifts by the drivers of various vehicles and duly arrived in New York. The New Zealander describes the metropolis as marvellous and the sights there as something lie will remember all his life. The Americans, ho says, are among the best in the world as 'far as hospitality is concerned.