WALKING ROUND THE WORLD
Undeterred by the war and the general international turmoil. Captain. Alfred Charles llussen intends walking round the world. He left Auckland on March 13 and after tramping through i the Dominion he proposes to continue his leisurely journey to South America, the Far East and Europe. In a statement at Palmerston North, which he reached yesterday, Captain Eussen said lie fought : in the South African, Zulu and Great War, at the latter 1 with the Australians. He was wounded in the Great War and afterwards went to New Guinea. Stating that he averages 20 miles a day, Captain Russen looks very fit for his sixty years. He disdains. “lifts” but is not on a time, limit. He carries an album in which j are inscribed the autographs of the | mayors of all cities and-towns-visited.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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138WALKING ROUND THE WORLD Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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