AFRICAN DAWN
AWAITING THE AIR' MAIL The departure of' the air-mail for London early on Sunday morning from Nairobi has a peculiar attraction for the bright young people of Kenya. A'fter dancing till the small hours, they make the aerodrome an early morn, ing rendezvous arriving in evening dveSs to watch t-h e air-mail start for Europe. In addition to this human interest, zebras and wildebeeste are' interested spectators, gathering outside the gameproof fence. But there is a far lovelier sight to isc-e .at dawn than the starting of an aeroplane ‘ from Nairobi; that is the peak of Mount Kenya, some 90 miles distant. • ,
s All that can be seen is the snow.cl ad peak, -floating on a- pint ■background of an African dawn. The sun pomes up ; tfie peak fades. Stand, too, under the. shadow of the Great Rift Wall 'in Tanganyika, a nd look •to the north-east; Kilimanjaro’s 17,000 feet look like an icy throne, 150 miles away.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1933, Page 6
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