ANTARTIC EXPEDITION.
Another South Sea Excursion. (1!Y TKMCaiUPir,— OWN COIUtKSI'OSBENT.) Wellington, this day. Thkki: is on Antartic Association i n Victoria. What its ultimate aims and aspirutions may bo aro matters of conjooturo, but tho Socretary h M communicatod with Mr larnach with a viow to seeing what assistance ma? bo obtained from our Government in get . ting a vea^el to bcouv the South Soas and '- place livo stock and plant trcea on the Islands. It will bo obeervod from a London cablegram that tho "Observer" aug ge8 t 8 that tho Admiralty ehould lend tho Vie. - torian Governmont a vespol for the purposes of an Antarctic expedition, bo it may be preaumed that tho Victorian Association " has also been throwing out a feeler at Homo. The New Zealand Go¥ernttienthu3 riot yot taken tbo matter into consideration'1 but from what! gather it will not be will! ing to give much assistance to the Victorian j people for an exploration of the kind. It '■ in. however, quite on the cards that the muchdespifed Hinemoa may be fitted out for an expedition to the South Sea Islands before long.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 199, 25 August 1886, Page 2
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