AMUNDSEN'S VISIT.
WILL NOT LECTURE TT-TyE, MELBOURNE, March 22. Captain Amundsen has arrived here. He. called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher. The explorer declines to give further particulars of his journey, modestly declaring that he reached the South Pole by luck. He adds that he will not lecture in New Zealand, because he considers that is Captain Scott's gTormd. He thinks that Captain Scott will arrive in Lyttelton next week. MELBOURNE, this day. Amundsen states -that he has a heavy financial deficit but is confident that the Norwegian Government people will make it good.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 72, 23 March 1912, Page 5
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