A Long Tramp.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOOTATTON.) Inveuca.ro ill, Feb, 6. : A man And his wife who arrived here on Tuesday tell a singular story . of how they were duped into making the journey on foot from Christchurch, a distance, of 370 miles. They state that they were passengers per ' ship Waimate. the husI band being a gardener. Shortly after their arrival m the colony both children died, and the man could get no work. One evening he met' a man who said he had a place at Invercargill, and engaged him at five shillings and sixpence a day to, go, down to work on it. The pair having ,no funds, started to. walk here, thankful of the ckatice of Syork. They ; were twenfy-4ye daj's on the road, m boisterous weather, and frequently slept out. On arrival they found tjjat no ohe ; of the name of Henty'waslniown here, and their case became desperate, the woman being near her confinement:' •* -It Wfcs' brought under. Jb.e, notice of the Benevolent Institute and lodging,', was provided^ *£u&e/?w&ich ex-immigration officer Lillicrap has obtained a situation forthejaV '* ''
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 57, 9 February 1885, Page 2
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181A Long Tramp. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 57, 9 February 1885, Page 2
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