MOTOR RELIABILITY
NOTABLE BRITISH FEAT IN SOUTHERN SUDAN British Official Wireless Service RUGBY, May 20. A War Office report records a fine performance by British motor vehicles in Southern Sudan between January IS, when a convoy of four military vehicles left Cairo, to April 16, when the journey of SGOO miles was completed. Only a negligible proportion this mileage was over made roads. Trackless desert and hilly ground represented 1650 miles, black cotton soil 1660 miles, very heavy sand 400 miles and hard gravel or sandy soil 1280 miles. Throughout there w cr ° only five punctures and no accidents occurred. The report says that the War Office is definitely satisfied that British car and lorry manufacturers are now producing vehicles eminently suitable for Imperial and colonial employment.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 126, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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