DESERT CONQUERED.
TRAVERSED IN MOTOR-CAR. FRENCHMAN’S GREAT/ FEAT. to* ’ ‘ PV. .* (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, lti3o-a.ni.) PARIS, January 21. .-, Frohi Paris to .JNiajney-(Nigeria), in eight days was the remarkable motoring exploit of Lieutenant 11 Estienne. Hithqrto it has been supposed that special cars were necessary to. cross the Sahara. At first caterpillar wheels were tried, then a six-wheeled car. Lieutenant Estienne conquered the desert in'a small ordinary six horsepower car. He left Paris on the afternoon of January 7 > embarked for Oram on the Bth and reached Niamey on the morning of January 15. He there handed the Governor' a. Paris letter only, a week old, whereas normally the post takes six weeks. Lieutenant Estienne intends to proceed to' Finder and Kamov
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10826, 22 January 1927, Page 5
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