Windy Hills o' Wellington, The

DESCRIPTION: "The windy hills o' Wellington were black and cold that night," wet enough to put out even electric lights. Author is called to a dying man "who's drawn New Zealand blank." Cured, he grows rich and ignores the writer who also has "drawn New Zealand blank"
AUTHOR: "The Exile" (Henry Lawson?)
EARLIEST DATE: 1894 (Wellington "New Zealand Times," according to Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand hardtimes money doctor disease rescue abandonment
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, p. 125, "The Windy Hills o' Wellington" (1 text)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 197-198, "(The Windy Hills of Wellington)" (1 text)
File: BaRo125

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