Sunday, 27 January 2013

950 miles on horseback.

*THE WORKER*
Brisbane April 21, 1894

Charlie M'Donald, Labour member for Flinders, has been having rather a rough time of it while on tour through his electorate. Muddy roads and flooded creeks so delayed him that on one occasion in order to keep an appointment with his constituents, he was compelled to ride 125 miles in 30 hours. Up to March 23rd he had travelled 500 miles, and by the time he arrives home again he will have covered 950 miles on horseback. The position of Labour in Cloncurry is very secure, as the diggers are “real hummers.”

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