TRIBUTE TO DOUMERGUE
GREAT ALGIERS DEMONSTRATION. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 8 p.m. Algiers, May 8. Ten thousand bearded desert warriors mounted on black and white horses and racing camels paid tribute to President Doumergue, who visited Algeria bn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the French 1 conquest. .jUi The warriors assembled on thejHffssein Bey. plains above Algiers anjtPdemonstrated amazing horsemanship, They were clad in flowing robes hnd were using saddles which were mostly . studded • with gold. They galloped ,and charged om the,plains in masp fdrmationpifiring trifles from their blip's} ..The tribes travelled< upwards of 2000 miles over the desert, spending two months in the great trek { The oldest -sheik' in 1 Algeria presented President' Doumergue with an-Arab charger. That-- is the‘moblest possible gift from a - tribe. ■
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1930, Page 11
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