BYRD SAILING SOUTH

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 9

BYRD SAILING SOUTH

STOWAWAYS FOUND

TOO LATE TO BE LANDED

(Special to the United Press Association from the Byrd Expedition— By Badio.) THE JACOB EUPPEET, at Sea, . December 13. At 7 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the Jacob Buppert was about eight, hours from Wellington cruising at ten knots forty mile's south of Cape Palliser. During boat drill three stowaways were found Mddei in a boat, to the consternation of the officers, as the ship is already heavily manned. Turning back to [Wellington was out of the question,, so AdmiraL Byrd was forced to put them to work as deck hands. Tho stowaways identified themselves as Eobert Christian,' Geoffrey Wray, and Michael Pilcher, all Auckland youths, the eldest of whom is 23. One explained that they tried to enlist as expedition • members, and when they were refused they hid in the boat the night before sailing. "We would like to have a,go. at the South Pole," said one. As the vessel approaches the roaring forties, preparations are being made for a stormy passage. The decks have been cleared for action. The extra cylindrical water ianka mounted in the forecastle head have been moved to the well deck and secured to the bulwark forward. The well deck' has been swept clear of miscellaneous cargo.