MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURN HOME.—Photographs taken at Lyttelton yesterday after the arrival of the United States ship Private John R. Towle from McMurdo Sound. (1) Mr James Bates, one of the four men who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the trek to the South pole, is met on the wharf by his wife. (2) New Zealanders who have been taking part in the International Geophysical Year programme at Scott Base and Cape Hallett. From left are Messrs R. H. Orr, W. P. McDonald, J. G. Humphries, and M. W. Langevad. (3) The Private John R. Towle. (4) Cook C. W. Segers, U.S.N., who was cook at the South Pole base for 12 months, and Dr. John Roher, one of the American doctors who went to the Antarctic to do psychiatric studies.

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MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURN HOME.—Photographs taken at Lyttelton yesterday after the arrival of the United States ship Private John R. Towle from McMurdo Sound. (1) Mr James Bates, one of the four men who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the trek to the South pole, is met on the wharf by his wife. (2) New Zealanders who have been taking part in the International Geophysical Year programme at Scott Base and Cape Hallett. From left are Messrs R. H. Orr, W. P. McDonald, J. G. Humphries, and M. W. Langevad. (3) The Private John R. Towle. (4) Cook C. W. Segers, U.S.N., who was cook at the South Pole base for 12 months, and Dr. John Roher, one of the American doctors who went to the Antarctic to do psychiatric studies.