That Fool Sharp
ICHARD SHARP was not much of a success in England. He studied medicine but was a failure in this respect, so he decided to seek fresh pastures overseas. New Zealand was the country selected and in 1927 Sharp landed in New Zealand possessor of little money and little business ability. He tried several jobs, chiefly in the farming line, but dis- ; covered that there was much to
learn and it was not all honey. Sharp criticises many things; the railways, the treatment of the English new chum, the farmers themselves, the Maoris and many other things. He tried his hand at canvassing with drapery, hoping for a quick fortune, but the outfit was destroyed by fire-so that was that. Back to the farm-4.30
a.m. until 7.30 each evening-a’ life of drudgery with no eight-hour day. Sharp then tried canvassing from door to door with a coloured portrait. You know the type of thing, but the psychology of salesmanship in this connection is really amusing, but being a fool, it did not work with Sharp. So, back to the farm, this time with a German family in the Hauraki Plains, but this soon ended, and we next find him’as an attendant in a mental hospital, an initiation ceremony thrown in, and many exciting incidents with patients. In 1934 Sharp worked a passage to England and settled down in a Yorkshire village-(Review by E. J. Bell of " That Fool Sharp," 3YA, March 4.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 92, 28 March 1941, Page 5
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244That Fool Sharp New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 92, 28 March 1941, Page 5
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