ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
FLIGHT TO CELEBRATE JULES VERNE’S BOOK. i Hy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. A us. and N.Z. Cable Association. | (Received Februarv 10, 10.30 a.in.) i , COP EX HAG EX. February 9. I Celebrating the centenary of Jules, j-^'erne’s birth, a number of Swedish 1 and German papers, and. probably, also. ! French, have arranged for a race round | the world, following the route outlined !hi Jules Verne's book. “Round the ; World in Eighty Days." x ; Jules Verne was a writer of fiction dealing mainly with scientific wonders, which in his day were regarded -as impossible, but which have since come true. lie provided his heroes with submarines and aeroplanes and other modes of conveyance then regarded as absolutely fantastic. The route followed in "Round the World in Eighty Days" was across Europe, Asia and America.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18385, 10 February 1928, Page 1
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