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(.special Cr.ipdt XZ f I ■ ' SCOTT BASE. I A newspaper, presumably II left behind by the first main- I I tenance caretakers from the 1 [New Zealand Antarctic Soci- ■ jety to visit Scott’s hut at [Cape Evans in 1960, was i [found by this year’s caretakers last week. < The newspaper, a copy ofji ithe “Auckland Star,” dated . [Thursday, December 15, < 1960. was buried under i [several feet of ice and snow , •jin a pony stable. The head-h [lines on the front page read [“Haile Selassie Overthrown.” The caretakers, Messrs K. | T. Smith, of Christchurch? [and G. G. Sylvester, of Well-]] [ington, were amused to note , [the coincidence with a simi-l ]lar recent event in Ethiopia. . Further down in the ice and debris lhev came across [ [a copy of “The Times” of [London, dated August 25. [l9ll. This apparently was; left behind by Captain [Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova] [expedition of 1910-1912, the (original occupiers of the hut., This newspaper was too damsaged by the ravages of time) for the headlines to be legi- ; Ible.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33728, 28 December 1974, Page 17
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175Headlines again Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33728, 28 December 1974, Page 17
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