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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 105, 3 April 1929, Page 2

An interesting fact _in connection with the By*i Antarctic expedition was mentioned by Mr W. A. Waters in addressing the Luncheon Club yesterday Mr Waters pointed out that no mail could be forwarded to members of the expedition during the long Antarctic winter. However, letters were forwarded to KDKA, Pittsburgh, the pioneer broadcasting station of the world, whence they were broadcast to the members of the expedition at the far-off Bay of Whales. “It is an instance of wireless overcoming the lonely isolation of the Antarctic,” added Mr Waters. The journey of the north-bound New Plymouth express from Marton on Good Friday was a tedious one. As the train was .mounting a steep gradient the two engines pulling 13 carriages _ and a van refused to negotiate it. Shunting back again the tram was • taken in sections and then connected at Baker’s Crossing. Tho journey to Aramoho was uninterrupted, but on coming to a stop at the station the couplings on one of the carriages snapped _ and the standards supporting the carriage roof were badlv twisted. The carriage was removed and two carriages replaced to cope with tho heavy excursion traffic. With the ass s ance of a third engine the train fh« S r,^ SSlSted j s . far ns Maxwell and ° n ltS ° Wn power to