BYRD EXPEDITION

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19567, 13 March 1929, Page 17

BYRD EXPEDITION

MR BROPHY'S PLANS.

DOGS BEING SENT TO QUARANTINE.

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

DUNEDIN, March 12

Wireless messages received from Commander Bjrrd in the Antarctic make it clear that Mr Bichard G. Brophy, business manager, will terminate his association with the expedition at the close of the extended vacation which he is about to enter upon. Commander Byrd says: —"Mr Brophy's active duty will cease when he has completed the business matters of the expedition and turns all the business arrangements over to oar official agents in New Zealand." j At the same time Commander Byrd authorises Mr Brophy to make a statement in America somewhat on the following lines:—"That Mr Brophy is desirous of re-entering private in New Zealand and that the expedition! being at its base and equipped his duties are ended after the conclusion of j his present vacation, which he very much deserves. At that time I will accept his resignation from the expedi- ! tion. The fact that we are so well equipped in the Antarctic is due largely I to the energy, efficiency, and of | Mr Brophy as business manager during the long and trying period of preparation in New York." Commenting on these messages, Mr Brophy said he greatly appreciated the opportunity of taking a holiday, and that he intended to tour New Zealand by motor-car and would probably visit Australia during the latter part of his holidays before returning to New Zealand to receive Commander Byrd's official confirmation of his resignation aS business manager. Commander Byrd had alreadv confirmed his resignation as second in command, which had been tendered to the Commander in the Antarctic by wireless several weeks ago because of Mr Brophy's inability to reach the Antarctic and to assume the obligations of second in command. The fifteen Alsatian dogs were removed from the deck of the Eleanor Boiling late this afternoon, placed in a railwav sheep truck, and dispatched to Lyttelton by the goods train which left Dunedin late to-night. The removal of the dogs was due to the Government enforcing the quarantine regulations, and it will therefore be necessary for them to undergo a quarantine period of sixty days on Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour. Mr C. A. Innes-Taylor, who brought the dogs out from Ca,nada, is now at Mount Cook negotiating or their disposal, and it is possible they will be eventuallv purchased and taken to Mount Cook, where they would be m their native element amongst the snow and ice. . The Antarctic Expedition siwp, City of New York, has been delayed by baa weather on the passage from the Barrier to this port. The vessel encountered a strong northerly gale last weekend and was hove-to for about fourteen hours. A wireless message sent _ from the expedition's base on the Barrier to the Eleanor Boiling states that the City of New York was 468 miles south of Taiaroa Heads at noon on Monday. The ship is expected to reach Port Chalmers on Friday or Saturday.