Not To Be Beaten
Americans are notoriously eager | to claim “records” for themselves and for their country, and not only records in the field of sport. A ! tourist from the U.S.A. not long ago | was observed apparently doing danc- ' ing steps on the roof of a barn at- I tached to a big hotel in Nairobi, ] which was said to be built right on j the exact line of the equator. Asked . the reason for the strange perform- ! ance the American answered: “I’m • sure tired of hearing the captain | | here boasting about the number of | i times he has crossed the line, and I'm making certain that, by the time | i I’ve finished this, he’ll have nothing jon me.” Mrs Peter Milne told this I story to members of the Otago Travel • Club recently.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21195, 19 August 1940, Page 11
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134Not To Be Beaten Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21195, 19 August 1940, Page 11
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