ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20203, 13 March 1929, Page 14

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

\MR. BROPHY'S RESIGNATION.

RETURN OF TWO VESSELS

CITY OF NEW YORK DELAYED

fBY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. 3 DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Wireless messages received from ComInander Bvrd in the Antarctic make it clear that Mr. E. G. Brophy, business manager, will terminate his association ■with tho expedition at the close of an extended holiday. Commander Byrd authorises Mr. Brophy to make a statement in America somewhat on tho following lines: "That Mr. Brophy is desirous rif re-entering private business in New Zealand, and that the expedition being at its base and equipped, his duties are Hided after the conclusion of his present vacation, which he very much deserves. !At that time I will accept his resignation from the expedition. The fact that we are so well equipped in the Antarctic is due largely to tho energy, efficiency and loyalty of Mr. Brophy as business manager during tho long and trying period of preparation in New York." Commenting on these messages, Mr. Brophy said ho greatly appreciated the opportunity of taking a holiday, and that he intended to tour New Zealand by motor-car. He would probably visit Australia, and return to New Zealand to receive Commander Byrd's official confirmation of his resignation as business manager. , Commander Byrd had alieady confirmed his resignation as second in command) which had been tendered to the commander in the Antarctic by wireless several weeks ago, because of Mr. Brophy's inability to reach the Antarctic and to assume the obligations of second in command. It has been decided that the Eleanor Boiling and the City of New York will winter in Port Chalmers. A number of tho crew will return to America. Fiflcen dogs wer© removed from tho deck of the Eleanor Boiling this afternoon and placed in a railway sheep truck and despatched to Lyttelton. The removal of the dogs was due to ihe Government enforcing the quarantine regulations, and it will therefore be necessary for theita to undergo a quarantine period of 60 days on Quail Island, 5n Lyttelton Harbour. . Mr. C. A. Innes Taylor, who brought the dogs from Canada, is at Mount Cook negotiating for their disposal, and it is possible they will Le eventually purchased and taken to Mount Cook, where they would be in their native element among the snow. Tho City of New York has been delayed by bad weather on the passage from the ice barrier. The vessel encountered a strong northerly gale last week-end and was hove to for 'about 14 hours. A wireless message sent from the expedition's base on the barrier to the Eleanor Boiling states that the City of New York was 468 miles south of Taiaroa Heads at noon yesterday. She is expected to reach Port Chalmers on Friday or Saturday.