SOUTHERN WEALTH
MINERALS AND WEATHER
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ANOTHER P'btAß Flit&HT PLAN,
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.... , .BRISBANE,. This. Day.. Captain 6. ; H.,,Wiikins;,.who. has. just returned from an exploring expedition in .North Qufeensland on behaif of. ttie British Museiim,. announces, that .hb int|niis ( to lead an Antarctic ..expedition. He^hbpes to bi. in. .. Aritiirctic waters; ready for an aeroplane flight, in Janiiary.next. .... ; , r . • : , .Captain Wilkiris proposes to,take two aM-bplaries .to.the, Antarctic eoastj.directly spiitli'of JTew. Zealand* and to. fly to Graliaih's.Laiid, wjiji the.object.of s'ecu'r-iilg~-mfbriijdtiori of .eco.hbmib value..iii fe T g'ariJ to the known vast' stores of coal apd pthor mineral wealth in the Antarctic, iaiids:
TKis'&glit will,.be. preliminary to a projected huge interriatipiial sclieriia, iriv'olying the iisg.of sjiecially fitted, ohips for tlie sujiplying df daily, meteorological records; t^ all pai'ti of .the world.. ,The esthridted Cost, d'f the iiiiernatiSnal scheme wpl.be.somewhere iii the vicinity (if two millions.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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144SOUTHERN WEALTH Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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