[?]f You Can’t Fly it,
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[?]Ari Has A
[?]Androver
[?]f You Can’t Fly it, [?]ou Can Carry it
N New Guinea, if you are sufficiently determined, anything is possible.
Consequently, there is now a indrover vehicle at Tari, in the Duthern Highlands district, a place here, if ordinary rules prevailed, d motor vehicle would yet be.
It was possible to fly the engine the vehicle, and other detachable irts, into Tari in a Norseman ane but the chassis and frame Duld not fit in anything smaller tan a Dakota.
So the Landrover was dismantled Minj, the engine and some other ovable parts flown to Tari by Drseman and the frame and assis flown to Wabag by Dakota, id then taken by truck to tiagam.
From Laiagam, 60 nartive carriers, ider ADO Crellin, completed the erland porterage in 11 days, jring the 60 miles trek, they ossed ranges of up to 10,000 ft. id for three days, followed a ack 9,000 ft above sea-level.
To facilitate movement of the ame and chassis, local natives ong the route cleared a track 30 wide for practically the entire GO iles. The Landrover is the first hide to reach the Tari sub-district id will be used on the 44 miles roads constructed since the ation was opened three years ago.
Its arrival in Tari has shown the 3al inhabitants why the Kiaps :ve been insisting on something der than footpaths: previously ey had not seen a road vehicle her than a bicycle or motor cle.