ACROSS THE SAHARA.
A SEVEN DAYS' JOURNEY. (Australian anil N.Z. C il>l«< Association.! PARIS, Feb. 4. Citroen motor cars," fitted with caterpillar wheels, left Colomb Bechar on January 24 and arrived, at Port Bouren on the Niger on January SI, and Timbuctoo on February 2, thus crossing the Sahara in seven days, compared with 21 days l«st year. It' is declared that the itinerary followed tiiis time can he undertaken by wheeled motors and is a sure and rapid means of communication between Algeria and French West Africa.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16349, 5 February 1924, Page 7
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