FOR ANTARCTICA
ELLSWORTH EXPEDITION
TO SAIL NEXT MONTH
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, August 7,
The Liucoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition vessel Wyatt Earp is to leave Dunedin tomorrow morning to load the Northrop Gamma aeroplane at Auckland. The aeroplane is on board tho Monterey, which is due at Auckland on Friday. After being damaged on tho ice in tho Antarctic, the machine was sent to the United States to undergo repairs. These have been completed, and tho expedition is now making preparations for its second voyage to the Antarctic. Captain B. Holth, master of the Wyatt Earp, received advice this morning that the aeroplane was en route, and ho at once made preparations for departure at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The vessel is expected to return in about a fortnight to take on board fuel oil which is at present in tho wharf sheds, and she will probably sail for the south about the first week in September. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 5
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156FOR ANTARCTICA Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 5
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