6000 MILES FOR WAGER
A British-made motor-car arrived in London recently on the completion of a 6003 mi.es journey from Lahore, in the Punjab. Looking very little* the worse for its adventurous journey across mountains, plains and deserts, the car was driven along Piccadilly almost unnoticed by the crowds on the pavement. At the wheel of the ArmstrongSiddelev was Air. J. A. TL Bromage, of the Indian Government Engineering Service, and with bint were Mr. S. G. Stubbs, a road engineer, and Air. Alabnmmed. Air. Bromage’s Indian chauffeur.
“Tim jonrnoy was made following a half-rrown wngor with a fellow clubman in Lahore some months ago,” said Mr. From ago. “The journov look 7 b days. 41 of which were running days. Throughout tho journey wo had only two punctures, one being caused by a sandal nail in the Syrian Desert.’'
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 12
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1406000 MILES FOR WAGER Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 12
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