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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1929.

THE

CHINA MAIL,

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DESERT THRILLS

CAR REPLACES THE CAMEL IN ARABIA

TRAVERSING HOT SANDS

Much as the automobile has qup- planted the horse in civilized life,

80 the modern motor car is now making a bid for supremacy along the desert trulls of Arabia, whore since time immemorial the camol has reigned as the only means of transportation.

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"The latest of these desert jaunts by automobile, which may eventually relegate the granting, growling camel to a back seat, was made by Dr. John R. Turnbull, an' American missionary of Nyack, New York, in a Studebaker Big Six;" says H. S. Welch, President of The Studebaker Pierce-Arrow Export Corporation. "The journey, described by Dr. Turnbull in a letter to the Stude- baker factory, traversed the hazard- ous route between Ammon and Jowf across the Arabian desert and supplied thrills aplenty.

"The natural danger of desert travel is not the only reason why this trip has never been attempted by automobile before, according to the missionary. Roving tribes of desert bandits whose business is the blood-thirsty looting of caravana make the route perilous, he says.

Plucky Missionary

"The Studebaker which carried the plucky missionary and his party was obtained only after laborious negotiations. Its owner at first flatly refused to consider the pro- position because of the danger of the route.

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"Arrangements were made with extreme caution so that the dotaila of the trip would not leak out.

DI. Turnbull's driver secretly secured supplies and a couple of attendants and the trip got under way.

"The black gravel plains of

| Transjordania soon-gave-way-to-hot- desert sands, The nose of the big Studebaker Vas pointed toward Jowf and soon all traces of civiliza; tion was left behind.

"What followed on the three daya trip is a story of hardship fully understood caly by those who have actually experienced desert travel. Scorching heat and dry sand; thirst; tantalizing mirages; the constant fear of attack: the power. ful Studebaker cagerly prassing forward but slowed down by the soft sandy roadbed.

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JOY RIDING

"The first night's camp was pitched in a valley surrounded by low hills after a heart breaking journey of 100 miles. As a pre- caution against attack, camp fires DEMAND FOR ALTERATION IN were forbidden.

THE LAW

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"At dawn the journey was resum- ed...The route became more diff- If you take a car for a joy-ride cult-high sand dunes one after the and afterwards abandon it or re- other, necessitating long detours, turn it to its owner, are you a thief? By noon, Arfaja, an oasis 10 miles The "Law Journal" discusses from Jowf was reached. Here the this question and the légal issues radiator and gas tank were re-involved. plenished.

Great Sand Dunes

"Stealing involves the intention

to deprive the owner permanently

"For the succeeding few miles of his property; joy-riding alone the going improved, but not for does not.

long. ··AL frequent intervals, "The court has

judge the in-

strips of closely growing sage tention of the accused man from brush were encountered which what he said and did.

pro-

What is Wanted

"To deal with the theft of the

played havoc with the tyres. "If it appears that he took the The great dunes of sand car for joy-riding only he has been continued and impeded

guilty of an unwarrantable tres. gress and nightfall found the paas, but not crime-unless he 'expedition' still twenty miles from happens to have stolen the petrol its destination. Again the dangers he has used for his joy-ride. of a desert camp had to be faced, with members of the party keep- ing a sharp lookout throughout the night against a surprise raid.

"The third day found tho travellers among weird. rocky hills, a

relief from the mono- tonous sand, but far more dificult to negotiate. After hours of climbing Jowf final-

ly appeared an the horizon and

acon the Studebaker rolled into the winding streets.of the naals.

petrol is sometimes quite reason- able and sound in law, but in some cases where the accused can hardly have intended anything more than an impudent act of borrowing with- out permission, a conviction for jar- ceny, even of a little petrol, seema rather artificial.

amendment of the law.

"What is really needed is an

"In some of the Dominions, it is

a criminal offence to steal the use "In recognition of his daring of another man's horses or cattle'; exploits into the Arabian hinter-Lao It ought to be to make `un- land, Dr. Turnbull has been made authorised use of his motor car. a fellow of the Royal Geographic "The offence should be something Society of London."

less than larceny, and triable aum- !marily.

CARS ADD WEALTH

"There should also be power for ja jury to bring in a verdict of guilty of Joy-riding (or whatever the offence was called In more Keeping the Nation supplied with quitable language), upon an indict- new automobiles and replacing ment for larceny, wornout parts on cara already in The Joy-riding nufaance is in aorvice adds almost $5,000,000,000 a tolerable, and the criminal law year to America's production of should be empowered to deal with wealth. The wholesale value of 1" the 4,630,000 new automobiles pro duced in the United States in 1928 is estimated at $3,045,820,000. In addition, replacement parts, tyres, accessories and service equipment ponding figure for South Australia,accounted for a value of more than with a population of 576,000, is 7.4 $1,600,000,000. which is much higher than the per- centage for Victoria last year.

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South Australia has approximate-

two motor vehicles for every fifteen of the population. This pro

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Dodging wild game at 70 miles an

portion is greater than in any other hour on Indian roads crossing rivers State of the Commonwealth. There on allway trestles were among the vehicles for incidents of a rerces country run in Studebaker President. Eltht has the Hoodata Bot new road recond be

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coming trouble. in his car. What manufacture.

for abnormal consumption of petrol.

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