The Australian Government ha. decided to buy Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth a famous Polar supply ship Wyatt Earp for £4400, says a Press Association cable from Hobart. Included m the purchase pnce are two plane*, one of which i* specially equipped to give it a flying range of 2000 miles. Federal Ministers inspected the Wyatt Earp which is lying at a local wharf, before its purchase for periodic cruises to the Antarctic for meteorological purposes, in co-operation with the Commonwealth and New Zealand.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 11
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82The Australian Government ha. decided to buy Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth a famous Polar supply ship Wyatt Earp for £4400, says a Press Association cable from Hobart. Included m the purchase pnce are two plane*, one of which i* specially equipped to give it a flying range of 2000 miles. Federal Ministers inspected the Wyatt Earp which is lying at a local wharf, before its purchase for periodic cruises to the Antarctic for meteorological purposes, in co-operation with the Commonwealth and New Zealand. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 11
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