FURTHER SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 256, 29 October 1929, Page 7

FURTHER SOUTH.

Hard Hauling On Exceptionally Cold Days. BYRD SUPPORTING PARTY. NEW YORK, October 2S. [By Mr. Russell Owen. Copyrighted 1928 by the " New York Times " Company and the "St. Louis Post Dispatch." All rights lor publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the "New York Times."] BAY OF WHALES, October 27. The supporting sledge party reported last night by radio that it was 137 miles from the base, having covered 17 miles that day. The last few days have been much colder in the interior of the Barrier, but clear weather and a warm sun are slowly raising the temperature. The sun is above the horizon for the entire 24 hours now. A message last night from Joe de Ganehl, navigator of the party, said it was very hard hauling the heavy supplies in three exceptionally cold days. It was better after dropping a load at Xo. 2 depot. A badly-crevassed area then lay between them and their goal. They had a glimpse of a haycocked region 60* miles away in a mirage yesterday. All their ingenuity arid plenty of clothes were only partially successful in their efforts to sleep warmly during the long night. The men are looking forward to a warm march now as the weather has moderated. Dogs arid men are at their best. Mealtime is the happiest, but the cold hurries the consumers. In one pot they cooked pemmican, bacon, dried soup, dried milk, cheese, peanut butter, hard tack biscuits and dried beef.

ARABS SENTENCED.

MURDER OF JEWESS

(Received 11.30 a.m.) JERUSALEM, October 28. Two Arabs were sentenced to death and two to ten years' imprisonment on the charge of the murder of a Jewess at Safed.

HARMLESS MINE.

TWENTY-SEVENTH FOUND

(Received 11 a.m.)

SYDXEY, this day.

The mine recovered by the Koraaga yesterday was harmless." It had evidently been dead for many years. This is the 27th mine to be found in Australian waters.

SERIOUS CRIME.

THEATRE MAGNATE CONVICTED

LOS ANGELES, October 2S

Alexander Pantages, a vaudeville theatre magnate, was yesterday convicted of an assault upon a 17-year-old dancer, Eunice Pringle. Sentence was deferred.

"GIFT FROM GOD."

PRIEST AS A PUBLICAN,

LONDON, October 25.

"Beer is a gift from God, like food," said Father Jellicoe, a cousin of Lord Jellicoe, and a noted slum-worker, who had taken over control of a public-house in Somers Town, a working-class- suburb of London, to the special representative of the ii Sun."

"The poorest," he added, "are commonly supposed to possess an insatiable craving for alcohol, but this exists more among the richest. The poor go into pubs because of a craving for companionship. In pubs now they must drink or depart. In my pub, I shall strive to create the atmosphere of a family of God." J