FAR SOUTH RESEARCH
GIWS TO KXPLOHBKS. (Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 14. Commander Byrd has decided that the steamer Eleanor Bolling _ shall call at Dunedin first, and she is expected to arrive there on Saturday. She will come to Wellington later and take in the equipment brought by the qommander. As is usual with these expeditions, many gifts, including a ton of chocolate, are being offered. A fair quantity of stores will bo purchased in New Zealand, such as eggs, candles, matches, clothing and hoots. One of the novelties of the expedition will he the use of bottles filled with aniline dye. Dropped on the snow they will' break and leave large red patches as a guide to the aeroplanes. 1 Smoke bombs also will be employed for this purpose.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10744, 15 November 1928, Page 3
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