A WALKING TOUR.
WILSON’S DEPARTURE FROM CHRISTCHURCH.
[Piiesr Association.]
Cl 1 RJiSTC-HUROH, June 20.
Mr. \V, Wilson left Cathedral Square shortly after 2..o’clock this aliei'noon on a walking tour- round the world, and lie was farcwelled by a largo crowd of friends and others who had assembled to witness the departure. 'Mr. Wilson expects to be away for at least three yearn. His itinerary will bo from Christchurch to the Bluff, then over to Melbourne, across the Australian continent to Fremantle, then on to Colombo, through India and across Asia 'Minor to Naples'j from Naples he sails for England and makes extensive tours through the British Isles, afterwards leaving Queenstown for New York; he then crosses the American continent to Vancouver, and then sails for Auckland, and then back to Christchurch. Mr. Wilson called on the Mayor this morning, and was given a certificate under the City seal that lie left Christchurch with no money ■in his pockets, this being done owing to the fact that one of the conditions, ol the tour is that he must start penniless-.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2223, 22 June 1908, Page 2
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179A WALKING TOUR. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2223, 22 June 1908, Page 2
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