THE WEIGHT OF BOOTS.
TO TfilS BDLTOa OJ THE PRBSB. —Will you spare spade for such a trivial matter? lam so distressed to see the average WOrktnkn hurling himself along, dragging tirfed ■ feSt Hi the that I weighed a pair to-day. They were 4ilb. Asked why ho doesn't wear light boots, he answers that they leak, and won't last, and so become expensive. I did a sum, and supposing that man Walks two mileß a day, taking two steps every yard, ho lifts up and drags along riioro than seven tons daily, please, riomfebody, check my figures. There are several really good boot* niakers in Chrigtchureh. Cah't they make a canvas shoe that is waterproof* dnd not half rubber? I hear that Americans never wear lie&vy boots; but then America is said to be dry.—Yotlrsj etc., ' ■ , • ■ N.E.S; : February dOth, 1931.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20168, 21 February 1931, Page 19
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140THE WEIGHT OF BOOTS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20168, 21 February 1931, Page 19
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