FIRST WHITE FAMILY TO CROSS THE SAHARA
Allan Tullar, aged ten, and his sister Virginia, who is only five, spent three weeks recently in crossing the Sahara with their parents." This journey is claimed to be the first of its kind to be made by a European family and was. performed in a private motor-car. Allan's father is a missionary, and the reason for taking this route from Algiers to Kano in Nigeria was to find out how far north the Hausa language could be spokeu and understood. They had only completed 400 of their '2OOO mile journey when they reached a Hausa settlement at El Golea, in Southern Algeria. This adventurous family hope to return to England via the Sahara when Mr. Tullar s missionary term comes to an end.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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131FIRST WHITE FAMILY TO CROSS THE SAHARA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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