REV. DAVIDSON
IN PEEP SHOW RAISING FUNDS FOR DEFENCE.. (United Presn Associat'.on—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
LONDON, September 6
Ten thousand persons-yesterday paid twopence each for a peep at the Rev. Mr,. Davidson,, (the suspended: Angliting„i.U i , i a seajed barrel at;, -Blackpool, open ~exhibitioner says the Lopdoji “Daily Chronicle.,»A local girl, named Barbara Cochayne, is attempting a ten days’ fast in* an adjoining barrel. “I am not going to fast/ 1 • said Mr Davidson. “I need one thousand pounds storing for my defence fund. ] must raise the money somehow. My feelings rebel against this, but I am going through with it.” ... . >. Mr Davidson has contracted, for a big sum, to sit in the barrel for ten days. He enters the barrel each morning, and he stays in it with the exception of luncheon and tea breaks, until late in the evening.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1932, Page 5
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140REV. DAVIDSON Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1932, Page 5
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