EVEREST EXPEDITION.
DEATH OF. TWO MEMBERS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received June 23, 10.45 a.m. LONDON, June 22. Canon Mallory, of St. John’s Vicarage, Birkenhead, who received news of his son’s death on Friday night, states that "Wednesday last was his son’s thirty-eighth birthday. Sir Francis Younghusband, interviewed, recalled the remark of Irvine before his departure: “It is the duty of the Alpine Club to climb as near as it can to heaven.” —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MALLORY’S LAST LETTER. Received June 24, 12.25 p.m. LONDON, June 22. The Daily Mail says Mallory, writing shortly before his fatal journey, said:“What we have to do is to make a safe way. "We expect no mercy from Everest, but hope he will not take much notice of a little group busy on his great north side, seeking to sting his vevy nose tip.”—Sydney Sun Cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 June 1924, Page 9
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