The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-24

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by the same route By other methods.
and in less time, The motorists occu-
pied forty-twO days IN actual travelling,
the average daily run being fifty miles.
Ten years ago a telegraph operator
named Mcdonald cvcled from Port Dar-
win TO Adelaide in twcuty.cight days
fifteen hours and thirty minutes, and
David Lindsay. the explorer, once went
through on camel and horse in thirty
seven days. Mr.. Dutton previously
assayed the feat, but when 1900 miles
had been covered he had TO give up the
attempt, owing TO the boggy nature of
the country, the result of the heavy
tropical rainfall The car was aban-
doncd, and the travellers made their
way back to Adelaide by packhoTses
and train
On this occasion n moro powerful car
was provided. and everything possible
was done beforehand to guard against
failure For the first few days good
progress was made, but IN the desolatc
tracts of the interior treveling was slow
and laborious, One stretch of twelve
miles occupied seven and one.half hours,
The motorists state that they had prac'
tically no mechanical troubles, except
the breaking of two leayes of one OF
the springs III crossing Stuart plans,
where the country was so rough and
humpy that it was almost impossible to
retain their seats on the car. Only three
punctures were experienced throughout,
caused by the sharp stumps of burnt.
out trees hidden beneath. the ashes, The
old 20-horse power car abandoned on the
first attempt was found IN wonderfully
good order after seven months expos
ure TO heavy rains and tropical heat.
The tires were found still partially m
fiaGed, and little trouble was expert
M
ton drove the old car as far as Pine
Creek, whence it was sent by rail to
Palmcrston. The worst parts of the
Journey were crossing the parched,
steep and stony MacDonnell ranges, the
Burt plains, with their mulga and spini-
fcX, anthills and stumps, and the sandy
spiniteX desert constituting most OF the
country between Barrow's and Powell g
creeks. and the rough Stuart plains be.
tween Powell's aud Pine creeks APP
preaching the aforementioned place the
motorists encountered a bad crossing,
III which there was four feet of strong
ly-runuing water. \ tarpaulin was Sc
cured over the front of the car. which
was driven full speed through the
stream, carrying by It's impetus a sheet
OF water some twenty TO thirty feet
up the opposite bank. The car and its
occupants were covered on several occa-
sions by showers Of green ants and
other insects. dislodged from their nests
overhead.
Parliament has resumed its sessions,
and in almost the shortest viccregal
speech on record the prime minister has
announced defense. the new protection,
the financial problem, the immigration
problem and the acquisition of the
northern territory as the chief items on
the bill Of fare; while the capital site
bill, an iron bonus bill, and a number
of bills codifying and federalizing Aus.
tralian commercial law are to ill in
gaps.
The prime minister tabled a memo
randum regarding the proposed amend
ment 20 the constitution lcgalizing the
new protection. which states that during
the consideration Of the tariff it was
already understood that the benefits