CAPT. SCOTT MEMORIAL
UNVEILED HY Til 15 PRIMF MINISTER. (By Tclcirrapli.- I'rcst A;s.po!«t.!cn. , Duno.tiln, May '31. •' On Satutdaiy' af.tornoon,. at Port. Chalmers, the Prime Minister unveilod ■a cairn erected to the .wciiioiiy o.f C.a.ptain Scott and his companions., Prior to the ceremony, Mr, Maspoy was entertained at lniich by tho ,Major arid' Borough Cnuiiw!. ... . ■In inivoiiinti the cairn the Prime Min'stor wndrt is brief but. eloquent; spc.cob. The effort of Captain Scott am' 'his companions had no!:, ho said, bocs.i. in vain, tor although thev had not attained the pial which th£y sonplit, vet their heroic deaths were a reminder of Hie hcritnpe of rotirapb and heroism wliicli t'm Uritisli. pconio possessed. Tile Mayor of Port Chalmers (Mr. T. Scollay) and the Pfit. .Tas, Alien nlso spoke. the latter, as representative of l«nd defence, with special reference to. Citttaiu O.ites. The {'miction took, to sonic extent,. the form (A a rclißiouw ervice, pr#ftrs heiHK de.live.ro..] add. hymns simp, and was most, iinnresr-ive. " There was a fceSW large attendance.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 6
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168CAPT. SCOTT MEMORIAL Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 6
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