THREE ROOMS IN ONE.
DR. MAWSON’S HUT
AN ICE-RESISTING MOTOR-BOAT
The hut, which forms part of tho equipment of the Mawson Antarctic expedition, is on rather a novel plan. It really consists of three rooms enclosed with each other. The inner room will be used for the storage of dedicate instruments, and the second room surrounding it will provide sleeping accommodation for the men. The remaining room has been allotted for a variety of purposes. J)r. Mawson, in company with Professor David and Mr. Sproule, mado a trial trip on Sydney harbor in bis motor-boat. The boat, like the hut, was constructed in Sydney, ami is specially designed to risist ice pressure and heavy seas. A speed of seven knots was attained, the trial proving entirely satisfactory. Another local production which Dr. Mawson is taking with him is comprised a number of tide guages provided v the Hydrographical branch of the Public Works Department. He is also shipping ftojm Sydney three folding canvas canoes.
The two wireless outfits which form part of the equipment have four masts, 1-30 feet high. They were also built in Sydney. Other shipments from Sydney include large quantities of tinned meat, rubber goods, biscuits, and other tilings, mostly all presented as uifts.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3390, 4 December 1911, Page 7
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207THREE ROOMS IN ONE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3390, 4 December 1911, Page 7
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