LIEUT. SHACKLETON AS A WORKER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 21 September 1909, Page 1

LIEUT. SHACKLETON AS A WORKER.

! Lieut. Shaekleton, the Arotie ex plorer, was speaking at the Browaii g Settlement. He said he claimed to belong to the brotherhood of working men, because since he was fifteen years and tfiree-quarters old, he had worked for his living — at a shilling a month to begin with. Ho was a little over 1G when he was shovelling coals at that price off the coast of South America ; and he had not forgotten it. He had had much Hard work to do since ; and thoso years spent in toil had brought him face to face with what it really was to be a working man, and had given him for ever, and wherever he went, the greatest respect and sympathy with Those who were the bed-rock of our Empire to-day. There were two lessons they had learned during their expedition. They did look to a Higher Power when they were in the loneliness and danger of the Antarctic regions, and in times when no mortal leader seemed likely to carry the expedition through. He was the leader, and every leader, they knew, "fancied himself" a bit. But there were times when they spoke of "Old Provie" — not disrespectfully, but they had not much time — and Providence carried them through, and enabled them to stand there and reiterate what was their belief when they were far away.