. . "Sport and General" Photo. ' Although most of the Egyptian Army has been thoroughly mechanised, there is one branch wjdch has not. This is the picturesque Camel Corps, whose soldiers are recruited from Sudanese and desert tribes. ■ '•■ This force patrols the frontiers and hunts out smugglers and other offenders.
Reports of Italian naval manoeuvres and German army movements are creating anxiety in Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia. This view shows the Alexander 1 Bridge over the River Save, and linking Belgrade with the Zemoun (Turkish) quarter.
■'Evening-Post" Photo. Yesterday was the opening day of the Wellington Trotting Club's Autumn Centennial Meeting at Hutt Park. Top, a view of the main grandstand during the running- of the Wairarapa Handicap, the principal race of the day. In the centre Molly Direct is seen \ leading Mongolian, Accountant, and Subsidy, in that order, in the early stages of the race. Below, Jesse Owens winning from Palomar, (with whom he was bracketed) y Accountant, and Wee Potts,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 92, 18 April 1940, Page 9
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160. . "Sport and General" Photo. ' Although most of the Egyptian Army has been thoroughly mechanised, there is one branch wjdch has not. This is the picturesque Camel Corps, whose soldiers are recruited from Sudanese and desert tribes. ■ '•■ This force patrols the frontiers and hunts out smugglers and other offenders. Reports of Italian naval manoeuvres and German army movements are creating anxiety in Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia. This view shows the Alexander 1 Bridge over the River Save, and linking Belgrade with the Zemoun (Turkish) quarter. ■'Evening-Post" Photo. Yesterday was the opening day of the Wellington Trotting Club's Autumn Centennial Meeting at Hutt Park. Top, a view of the main grandstand during the running- of the Wairarapa Handicap, the principal race of the day. In the centre Molly Direct is seen \ leading Mongolian, Accountant, and Subsidy, in that order, in the early stages of the race. Below, Jesse Owens winning from Palomar, (with whom he was bracketed)y Accountant, and Wee Potts, Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 92, 18 April 1940, Page 9
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