THE KING'S CONGRATULATIONS

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 839, 27 March 1909, Page 2

THE KING'S CONGRATULATIONS

[BY BIiKOTBIO TBMSfIBAPH-— COPYRIGHT.] LPER I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.! London, March 26. King Edward congratulated Lieut., Shackleton and his comrades. SHACKLETON ";s NEXT ATTEMPT. (Received March 2T, 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 27. The Herald, «nlarging on Lieut^ Sliackleton's work, says that th© experience lie has gained ought to make possible his success in his next attempt on the j>ole over the same route.

A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN. ( Christchurch, March 26. Lieut. Shackleton has received the following cable from the Queen : — "Your telegram received this morning The Queen has read it with interest, and I have her Majesty's com. mands to say she will gladly receive back from you on your return to England the Union Jack entrusted to your charge, and which you have now made of such historic interest and value. lam further commanded to convey to you the Queen's appreciation of your desire, which she gladly consents to, that a new range of mountains discovered by you in the Far South should be named after her Majesty.— Dighton Probyn." NORTHERN PARTY'S NARROW ESCAPE. Christchurch, March 26. Another member of the expedition says when fhe Nimrod reached the bast' after leaving Lyttelton last December, there were only three mcii in the hut, Messrs Joyce, Marston and Day, who had been laying down depots. The northern party, which discovered the magnetic pole, viz., Professor David, Dr Mackay, and Mr Mawson, ivere given up as hopelessly ! lost by the ship, as they were long overdue. The ship searched 300 miles off the coast line and eventually picked up the party in a little inlet of Drygaleki Barrier. They had had a very rough time. They only arrived there the night before and were staying in the hone of being picked up. It was the biggest piece of Tuck in the world that we managed to find them. They were duo back in January, and it was then February 4.