AFTER 21 YEARS
Prior to the year 1905 there roamedjbe lOanteibury and Marlborough districts, hawking and grass-seeding a Silkh of splendid physique (reports the Express). These occupations not being profitable, he took ordinary farm work on a station in Marlborough, staying there until 1908, when he married and departed for India. In his home town things did not turn out as well as he expected, and late in the year 1908 he and 'his wife found themselves stranded in London, England. Meeting a member of the family of his old Marlborough employers in the street one day, he borrowed enough money to return to his old job and work the debt out. However, his job was by this time (filled, and, borrowing a few more pounds, the (Sikh went off for other parts. On Tuesday last, 21 yeras after his departure, the former Marlborough employers received a registered letter enclosing a post office order for the full amount of the loan.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3934, 23 April 1929, Page 4
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161AFTER 21 YEARS Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3934, 23 April 1929, Page 4
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