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COVERED WAGON: NEW MODEL

Thousands In Long Trek.

Trek Across Africa

Scores Stranded

In Sahara

London, Dec. 30.

Thousands of adventurous British emigrants, im- patient with the protracted shipping shortage and unwilling to endure the homeland's post- war austerity any longer, have set out during the past two years on the world's longest overland journey -to South Africa, 6,000 mites distant.

But so many of them have become stranded try- ing to cross the vast, forlorn Sahara Desert that the Foreign Office recently decided to discourage, or at least to advise against, the

traffic. Recently 100 overlanders were strand

Gaol Before Losing Caste

Dombay, Dec. 31. Faced with the choice of shaving an "untouchable”—to touch whom in "Ioar cuate" -or submitting to arrest, u cuate Hindu

barber chane paal.

His teas under

the first arrest a new provincial law prohibiting discrimination against "untouchables".-—An- Rociated Prena..

Gold Sales In

The second route recommended London

11.

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ed in Algiers at one time. Many have died on the hazar- dous journey. Many more have by the Foreign Offee leaves Al given up and come home, broke.giers and dogs a range of parched

London, Dec. 30. discouraged, and with little hope mountains to reach Ouargla,, conNew York balioners

Builion brokers here interpret the of resumnig their teck In the tinuing south between

that report almost near future. The French colonial unknown

Landan has reduced the 22 carat mountain

range authorities

tumetal in the export market as a pre- decided to require Tannnrasset. It then

wanders Fa deposit of about £70 a head be south-southeast into French Westside single transaction by an

fore allowing anyone to struggle Africa, where It touches the cares

dividual "seller-most probably Into the desert,

of Agades and Zinder, passing

le nurmal bullion circles. "Experience has sh:wn thut then in to Nigeria to join the first few of these expeditions succeed,"track. the Bureign Office said, dis- couragingly. "The result of the! Perhaps because the journey various failures has been not only the Cape in ink diferit to arute physical distress to the dangerous, the emigrants tu

avellers, but also financial los South Africa seem extraordinari-! und the wrecking plans."

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They say that the expurt Bormally varies between equivalent of $38 and $35 per mince, depending on the gold's fination.

price the

N.Y. Stock Exchange

New York, Dee, J. Stock Enerally, an upward A 1,000,000 shweis changed bands, it was the the million share klon in Doceris- ber, Biele, motors and a wide assortment of industrial gained fractions to Inties in three, Raila revived in hopes of sharp rate bootę.

After the clear, the interstate CIT merce Commislu uthorised railroads bu Paise 14 percent increase i Getaler Inpercrul

1,390,000 shares

were trades!

New 1042 klubu were touched by, Nickel Plate. Raliway preferred up 315 at 13, no Central un 11⁄2 31∙K. Dow Jone -Averages:--Stek 04.0

Antonirints 180.56, 15 alle 1.59. 15

33.23.

Closing suck quotations Adama E press 1774. Ainaki Jupirmu 1%. American L'an

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Angrunds Conver 33% Aviation Carp, 4%. Kaldwin Locomotive 14%. Barnadal de S.

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21, Nation Seed 34% Naw Cape Town announerment

York Centen that so far only seven out of each manufactured gold will be sold

14, Packard Motors 44. sald England and bullion dealers that Pan American Altways 156. Pennsylvania 1,000 inmigrants to South Africa ierling destination only at

NB 17. Radko Oury, 0%. Real 8 1 prices | Repubtle Heti 2641, returned to England.

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tie: 14%

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different markets,

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17%, Hunther Pacific 40% Standstil Brande 27. Standard Out of Calif. d safes belaw car door.

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Apparently an unofficial"

Unlike the pioneers who cross

the great American plains during the last century, modern emigrants usually start in metr vehicles. There are 10 Indians to her. them, but bands of wandering deseri tribesmen can;

times

be as danger. 11, The other pils of the over. and New Zealand 4,584, it is re- was found innder-thirst, hont. cold and ported.-United Press,

sudden stores, Joneliness and trackless wastes to be crossed--

are all three, and perhaps they are graver obstacles in the Sahara

than in last century's Missouri Treks.

"Sheer Folly"

trans-

the

is sheer rally to attempt these trans-Sabora Journtys with- out adequate knowledge, pla ning and resources," sald Foreign Office.

"The

possage er:ss the Sahara......is at all times

hazardous and uncomfort able,"

it advised the Twentieth Cen- Jury pioneers that no party should ket ou with fewer thun two vehiclts "which should not cerd three tons in weight empty," shuniid not carry more than three pers ne each and should have a Phortage capacity of not less than 120 gallons of petrol. Food for month should be taken, the Foreign Office said, with five to 10 gallons of water per person and water for radiators as well.

Each person should have bankroll of at least 100 over hir 170 deposit, the agency suggested.

Bere being cleared desert, the party must make an agreciment with a desert trans- port to come and rescue them if they need it-another advantage the Covered Wagon emigrants would have appreciated.

Two Routes

for the

The Foreign Office sold there were only two practicable trans- Sahara routes, ne Oran and the other at Algiers; starting at both joining in Nigeria, south of the desert.

The car

caravan route (for that is it is) from Oran start out southwest, t.uching Morocco near Colomb-Bechar. It then gots due south across the great desert, passing through oases at Reggan and Bidon to arrive, finally, Gao on the mid-Niger River. It follows the river then in ally southeasterly direction until it meets the other track.

at

So far In 1047. South Africa received 19,057 Beliish settlers, Canada

14,700 Australia 8,005

agree

expor

On the other hand no Agreemen

necessary for sales dollar markels.----Reuter,

to

40

New York Gold

UNRRA'S Outlay And Silver

In China

Washington, Dec. 30.

New York, Dec. 30.

Silver consumers bought about 200,000 mnces at the unchanged price of 74-77% centa.•

In the gold market, small sales. were intimated on the basis of $40. . Demand is broadening, oltkeugh buyers, especially Far Easterners ideas are mostly under $40, while sellers claim thai the recent recovery fu the Hongkong market should make gold worth at least $41.

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Ad- ministration today disclosed that it had spent US$372,453,000 (excluding medical aid) for postwar relief and reconstruction in China. The figures were in a message, urgently from Maj. Gen. Lowell W. serums to avert epidemics." Rocks, UNRRA Director Gen-

Actual business meanwhile was ral, to the Chinese Government that the China operation

The Director General added small, because licences either slow in was being released bullion brokers

China.

from

needed

medicine

on the eve of the withdrawal of one of the most complex, hand-postponing sales antif they complete the UNRRA Mission

led by UNRRA, due to the nu stablishment of foreign branches or tion's eight years of enemy ocuture

affiliates ter handle their sales in cupation and the complete dis- Treasury has not yet reparted whe

'of foreign gold. The

United Press, ruption of transportation, ther the latter will be permissible.

Gen. Rooks wrote: "The UNRRA programme in rluded US$133.251,000 for food supplies, which we believe help- ed materially

alleviate food-deficient areas in China. starvation and suffering in

"We have high hopes that Kood crops from now on will further alleviate the situation,: cspecially with the introduction of agricultural machinery and fertilizers under the agricul- tural programme...

re-

"On the rehabilitation side, the UNRRA programme includ- habilitation of industrial enter. ed US$166,742,000

for

prises and transportation and US$72,460,000 for agricultural rehabilitation,"

Serums

Gen. Rooks did not give the figure for the medical pro- gramme, gener-

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