EXIT THE CAMEL.
Page 20
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Amongst the functions associated with the Motor Show, one of time most interesting was a luncheon given by. the Citroen department of Gaston, Ltd., the occasion lasing to meet, M. Andre. Citroen. • This gentleman showed optimism and enthusiasm of a rare order in spits of the decreasing value of the franc.
A novel scheme, following, this luncheon, which was greatly appreciated, was a short cinema display giving pie
tures of the Citroiin Kegresse successfully ploughing through sand an the seashore, through deep snow, and taking trenches like a tank. surmounting 14 hat looked like impossible rises over a rough grass Kuvf ace, and corresponding drops which seemed appalling. The Kegresse is, as is now generally known, a caterpillartype attachment.
'Ibis demonstration was a preliminary to a projected trip of 2,000 miles across
the' Sahara Desert, which starts next month. It is hardly realised at home the extent of goods transport across the African Desert, and it would appear that the slow-going camel is at last destined to be superseded. The difficulty of arranging for advance supplies of motor spirit has been overcome. It will, therefore, be vastly interesting to follow the progress of this enterprising expedition
aathe results secured. .