CYCLING TO AUSTRALIA.
THREE YOUNG ENGLISHMEN. The urge for adventure and an ambition to settle in Australia have fired Mr J. Algnr, aged 22, with the idea of cycling with two companions to Australia. His companions are Messrs W. Barber, aged 22, und 1 Cross, aged 25. Looking even younger than 22, Mr Algar, who is an engineer, said he had* wanted to go to Australia as long as he could remember. He has spent four years in the Army in India and worked his way to South America as a deck-hand. He has spent months in organising the trip. He expects the party’s real difficulties to begin in Burma. They will follow the railway track from Mandalay south, but much -C the journey will be through jungle, infested with void animals.
When they left London on July 4 Mr Algar was wearing corduroy trousers. Mr Barber, a warehouseman, and Mr Cross, a clerk, wore grey flannels. Mr Algar has been promised a job on his arrival in Brisbane. Each man started with £4O and they expect the journey to occupy D 3 months.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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184CYCLING TO AUSTRALIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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