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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1563, 20 September 1905, Page 3

There is something in the soil of New Zealand which grows good men. Where else on earth would 171 men be got from a population of less than a million to face the starter for a contest such as the Christchurch to Timaru Eoad Race in weather such as Saturday’s? It was raining m sheets at Timaru; it had been ramg ad night. Every competitor knew what lay before him. He knew that he had 112 miles to plough over hill and I dale; he knew that he had a swol en river to cross; he knew that the chances of accident were enormous, he knew that his sufferings from exposure would be extreme; he knew that his chance of getting through was, small, and that his chance of winning first place was 1 against 170. But in spite of this formidable list, and in spite of the fact that they were wet to the skin before they started, 171 good men and true tackled the job. That is something to be proud of. It says eloquent things for the youth and ' manhood of this country. We can take off our hats to New Zealand without shame. —Christchurch Truth. Speaking of Mr John F. Sheridan’s dressing, the writer of “A Woman’s Letter” in the Sydney “Bulletin” says . —“The best-dressed woman on the stage this week is Mr John Sheridan in “Mrs Dooley’s Joke.” His pale-gold satin evening dress, embroidered with iridescent beads, is a superb outfit, and the bunch of crimson roses fastened just where you get appendicitis, does not clash with his carrotty wig. And his hat in the second act —several inquiries as to the whoseness of his milliner went round to him.”