AN INTREPID EXPLORER.
TRAVERSES AFRICA. 'By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received January 30th, 9.51 a.m. CAIRO, Jan. 29. Lieutenant Boyd Alexander has traversed Africa from the mouth of the Niger river to a Soudan port on the Red Sea. He lias obtained much new information as to navigable waterways and the connection of the Congo basin with Nigeria. During the journey his brother, Captain Claud Alexander, and Captain Gosling both died of fever.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 30 January 1907, Page 5
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74AN INTREPID EXPLORER. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 30 January 1907, Page 5
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