ACROSS ANTARCTICA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 240, 24 September 1914, Page 2

ACROSS ANTARCTICA.

THE MAN WITH THE CINEMA. [per press association.) Wellington, Sept. 23. Mr. Frank Hurley, tate official photographer to the Mawson Scientific .Expedition, and who is now oa his way to join Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition at Buenos Ayres, was presented by the Mayor of Wellington (Mr. J. P. Luke) with, the New Zealand flag, inscribed “Best wishes for the. expedition's success, from the citizens of Wellington.” The Mayor, in making the presentation, said that the ilag signified the goodfellowship that existed between Australia (Mr. Hurley is an Australian) and New Zealand. He wished him and his chief every success in his journey, and that the work would be successfully accomplished. The capacities of Antarctica were unknown, and many believed that Sir Ernest Shackleton would not only- reach the pole but explore the whole of the unknown portion.

Mr. Hurley expressed his sense of the honour received by hjm at the hands of the citizens of Wellington. He was to form brie of a’party of six who were to cross the continent, and the flag would fly side by side with the Union Jack and Australia’s flag. Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition would uphold the prestige of tbegßiitish flag in Antarctica, despite the slight clouding that had occurred when Amundsen forestalled Scott. He was going to take a cinema outfit across the continent and make a pictorial record of the historical value of the journey. He thanked all present., and promised that the flag would fly at the South Pole and be brought back to Wellington.