PERSONALITY PARADE I. ITCH HIKING CAIN

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 2, 19 June 1943, Page 3

PERSONALITY PARADE I. ITCH HIKING CAIN

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Ho was born at Foxton in 1920, lived seven years in Groymouth where ho attended school<> He was dark when he arrived, but t&o incessant rain washed his hair as light as it docs the wool of the sheep 0 Moro recently he lived in Wellington where ho was a Conductor on the Trams, tho technical name of his work being ’’Day Off Relieving Man” c In his Thumbs Up /or Victory, ho started off in tho Signallers where in his own simple words ho ’’Learnt Nothing”, tho fault of the ’’Officials” jthon ho was in / the ASC whore also he learnt nothing* Now in tho Works Z - Service Engineers « he is the Don R„ ' * After many unsuccessful attemptsj I managed to inter* view the subject of my articlo >6 during one of the short breathing spaces ho has between hikes* He was wearing tho smart motoring ensemble shown by our artist* e » the grease spots not, \ being apparent 0 . Vr? To my surprise, I learnt that he o \ once had a motorcycle— in fact two, but, of course, they didn’t last long? In any case ho found walking ever so much quicker) no no trouble starting off and a far more comfortable journey* Quite often he managed lifts and that was really interestingc Ho did complain that the ’’right” people hadn’t picked him up ••* ”but she‘s married, anyway”* One. driving with a Frenchman, tho car broke down and' to our Ito^' 1 Hiker’s surprise the owner of the car cursed volubly in \o English ««» a tribute.to our language, surely? j’’Who is your favourite actress?”, I asked, and he looked ) sideways at me, so I told Miss Aim she could leave tho room* He then leant over me » looked into my eyes, his breath hot on my face as ho whispered ”Claudotto Colbert” a ’’And your great ambition?”, I asked s< he told me, but I cant tell you*****