WALKING SINCE 1919
Captain Butler,, who has been “ on the wallaby ” for the last 16J years and has visited 14 countries, is at present in South Africa on his walking tour. He has already worn out 180 pairs of boots in his 16 years’ wanderings, and has covered 116,900 miles. Except where he has had to cross water, every mile of this distance has been covered on foot. Some of the countries he has visited are Japan, China, Siberia, Federated Malay States, India, Persia, Russia, and Eastern Europe, and from Cairo he has walked down Africa through the Eastern territories, according ~to the ‘ South African Newsletter.’ Captain Butler began his “ trek ” when he was demobilised in 1919 for a bet of £640 which he made• with a brother officer. From South Africa he intends shipping for Canada, which is his home.
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Evening Star, Issue 22460, 3 October 1936, Page 7
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141WALKING SINCE 1919 Evening Star, Issue 22460, 3 October 1936, Page 7
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