THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
AURORA MAY NOT SAIL NEXT WEEK. REPORTED HITCH IN THE ARRANGEMENTS. UnCIAL TO "the MtXSS.") WELLINGTON, December 8. It is reported that a hitch has oc:urrod in the negotiations for the settlement of the arrangements for the Antarctic relief expedition, and that the Aurora may not sail on December 16th. Whatever the new trouble is, it has not arisen because of any information received by the Government from Australia or England. ■ No replies have yet been received to the cabled proposals for settlement, although replies Merc asked for urgently. There, is no suggestion yet that the mnin features of those proposals will be varied. Captain Davis is still the officer selected to navigate the ship, and it is not yet contemplated that Sir Ernest Sliacklcton is to bo left behind Wc.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15769, 9 December 1916, Page 9
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