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OFFER REJECTED

POLAR EXPEDITIONS

AUSTRALIA NEEDS MEN AND

MONEY

(Received August 4, 12.30 p.m.)

CANBERRA, This Day,

The offer of Sir Hubert Wilkins to lead three annual expeditions to Antarctica in the Wyatt Earp was rejected by the Commonwealth Government, which believes that the expenditure of £10,000 on the expeditions is not warranted. The Government is also unable to spare the naval ratings required, and, moreover, the Wyatt Earp will be engaged indefinitely in transporting munitions for. the Government.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 10

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OFFER REJECTED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 10

OFFER REJECTED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 10