(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)"

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 235, 2 October 1916, Page 4

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)"

MAROONED EXPLORERS.

ROSS SEA PARTY. HAVE A YEAR'S FOOD. BEJ-lEF IN JANUARY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable |j LONDON. October 1. The •• Daily Chronicle " state that the following cable message has bean received by the authorities in London from Sip £rne3t Shackleton: — "I have now received full details of the position of the Boss Sea side of mj expedition. After a careful examination of the facts, I come to the conclusion that there should be no undn. anxiety concerning the safety of the men marooned in MacMurdo Sound. There are ample provisions and fuel for this party for another year, and the clothing should last with care. Then and also some blankets in the hufc at Cape Egpds. "The non-return of Captain Macintosh and his party by May 6, 1915, is the only disturbing factor, but possibly hia : absence was due to the condition of the ice between Hut Point and Cape Evans. Should anything have happened to them, their fate will now have been definitely ascertained by the four scientists at Cape Evans. ill '• I am proceeding by the first available boat, leaving Buencs Ay res on October 9, for England, to spend a few days ,■■■:. there to adjust the affairs of the expedition. Then I shall leave with all haste for Australia personally to lead the Boss Sea relief expedition. • -,;^ '• I consider nothing will be gained by the Aurora leaving Xew Zealand before . the first week in January, as the ice con- ' I ditions will then be much better than earlier and a speedy passage will be posj sible. I "My m_6t grateful thanks are du e to _ the Commonwealth and Xew Zealand Governments for their generous help and sympathy in this time of the expedition's need." l -';-7"EfJ_i