"Can you still touch thp ground witli your hands without bending your legs?” was a question put to a Lyttelton oldage pensioner, now in his Blind year, by «. policeman, who knew something of tho veteran’s agility in days gone by. “Och, Lord luv yer,"yes!” replied the old man, with a look of astonishment, as he performed the feat with the ease of an acrobat, much to his own satisfaction and none the Jess to that of a group of interested spectators.—Christchurch “Sun.”
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 8
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82Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 8
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