Untitled

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 May 1914, Page 8

In the garb of "Old Gaul," William Campbell, late of the 141 ack Watch, recently completed a r>n,()oo miles world tour. Really, the trip- was undertaken in the interests of Imperial Federation, but, later, a brotherly challenge caused him to don the kilt for a wager. At Taranto, in Italy, a gendarm.' arrested him for doing an impromptu Highland fling h, the street., while in Ceylon he had l o light his way out of a religious festival, for the priests regarded him as a devil depriving them of their rights. In New Zealand he was within an ace of losing his beloved kilt. The Maoris loved it, and one dark night a Maori chief crawled into the intrepid traveller's tent, annexed the garment, and almost, escaped with it. Apparently, it resembled the native dress, and at Ohmemuta a chief offered him a young and charming, though an unblushing, native bride in return for the costume.