TOWN CRIERS.
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST. Clad in their picturesque uniforms, 17 town criers participated the other day in a contest for the championship of England and Wales. The challengers included a former champion, who is reputed to possess a voice having a range of seven miles, and also the Folkestone town crier, Mr Anderson, aged 80, who claims to be the oldest crier in the country.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 243, 12 September 1929, Page 7
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65TOWN CRIERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 243, 12 September 1929, Page 7
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