SWAMPS AND LIONS
AFRICA TRAVFRSRI) BY CAR JOC UN AT,I ST AI >V K XTT' R K (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) Paris. Nov. 30. The- Australian journalist, Lucius Coiniolly. ami his wife have arrived in Paris. They reached Oairo on November 11 after a leisurely sightseeing journey of 54 lays by motor car from Durban. They art 1 the first motorists to traverse Africa from south to north, and claim a trans-African crossing record for economy in running costs, which totalled only £BO. Despite the services of an Egyptian guide they lost themselves between Khartoum and Luxor. Their water became exhausted, but a condenser saved their lives. Later they encountered 300 miles of swamp between .Tube and Khartoum. When they were reported overdue the Government sent a camel corps on an all-night search. They often encountered lions on the veldt.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2586, 2 December 1931, Page 5
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