MRS. MOLLISON’S PROGRESS
REPORTED IN WEST AFRICA. LANDING IN FRENCH TERRITORY (United Prese ATOOclatlon —-By Electrio Telfgrapi* Copyright.) Received 11.30 pm. to-day LONDON, Nov. 16. A message from Gao states that Mrs J. A. Mollison, who is trying to beat her husband’s record to the Cape, landed at Gao (French West Atrica, at 12.30 yesterday and was proceeding to Duala. Reuter’.s Agency declares there is no Tieod to worry about- Mrs. Mollison as news' travels slowly in the* region o\ei which she is crossing. _ A message from Tessana, in tne Sudan, states that Mrs Mollison passed over Niamey at 9 a.m. compared with Mollison’s arrival there at 6 p.m. on the second day of his flight. AIRMAN REPORTED MISSING Victor Smith, the 19-year-old son of a. .South African boot manufacturer, left Capetown at midnight on November 12 in an attempt to beat the air record to CToydon. He was. ahead of schedule when he reached Dualla. at 5.10 p.m. on, November 14, where he departed for Gao. Since then he has been reported missing in the district between Niamey and Dualla, which is a dense forest belt 800 miles wide and infested with insects.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 17 November 1932, Page 7
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