UNITED STATES CLAIMS IN ANTARCTIC TO BE STRENGTHENED.—To clinch the claim of the United States Government, by survey and colonisation, to an area of 1,000,000 square miles of sea and territory lying west or the 0-180th meridian—a new application of the Monroe Doctrine—Rearadmiral Richard E. Byrd will command a Government-directed expedition to the South Pole, leaving Boston in a few weeks. This map shows the areas in this region claimed by different nations. TABLET UNVElLED.—Commemorating the citizens who were responsible for the establishment of the Technical College, a tablet was unveiled at the school this morning in the course of the jubilee observances. On the left is Sir James Allen, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., the only surviving member of the Dunedin Technical College Association. With him is Mr J. J. Marlow, chairman of the Board of Managers.

Evening Star, Issue 23340, 9 August 1939, Page 7

UNITED STATES CLAIMS IN ANTARCTIC TO BE STRENGTHENED.—To clinch the claim of the United States Government, by survey and colonisation, to an area of 1,000,000 square miles of sea and territory lying west or the 0-180th meridian—a new application of the Monroe Doctrine—Rearadmiral Richard E. Byrd will command a Government-directed expedition to the South Pole, leaving Boston in a few weeks. This map shows the areas in this region claimed by different nations.

TABLET UNVElLED.—Commemorating the citizens who were responsible for the establishment of the Technical College, a tablet was unveiled at the school this morning in the course of the jubilee observances. On the left is Sir James Allen, G.C.M.G., K.C.8., the only surviving member of the Dunedin Technical College Association. With him is Mr J. J. Marlow, chairman of the Board of Managers.