REAR-ADMIRAL BYRD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20514, 15 March 1930, Page 13

REAR-ADMIRAL BYRD.

WELLINGTON VISIT LIKELY. SHIPS LEAVE ON FRIDAY. [BY TELEGRAPH.—owy CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Friday. It is practically certain that RrarAdmiral Byrd will visit Wellington before the members of the expedition leave New Zealand on their return to the United States, but the probable date of his arrival is not yet known; Two of the members of the expedition, Mr. Dean Smith and Mr. Bernt Balchen, arrived from Dunediu yesterday on a week's special leave, and they propose to spend a few days in fishing at Lake Taupo. Captain A. V. Parker, another of the aviators, arrived from the South this morning. Some of the members of the expedition will return to America via Panama oil board the whaler Kosmos. The Byrd expedition ships, tho Eleanor Boiling and the City of New York, will not sail for Now York until next Friday. In spite of her buffeting, the City of New York needs no structural repairs. The tentative route of the vessels provides for calls at Tahiti and Panama. Between them tho vessels will ship 700 tons of coal. The following message has been received by Commander Hotham, of H.M.S. Laburnum, from Rear-Admiral Byrd to be forwarded to Commodore Blake, commanding New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:—"On behalf of the members of our Antarctic Expedition, as well as myself, I want to tell you how deeply I appreciate your kind message of welcome conveyed to me through Commander Hotham and the unusual courtesy Commander Hotham has extended to us. It has been a great pleasure to come in contact again with His Majesty's Navy. I regret that your absence from these shores will prevent me from meeting you personally." ADDRESS TO CHILDREN. BROADCASTING ARRANGEMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] WELLINGTON, Friday. Arrangements are in hand to assure the fullest co-operation between the education authorities and radio dealers throughout the Dominion in connection with the broadcast of Rear-Admiral Byrd's address to school children from 4YA on Tuesday afternoon. Telegrams have been sent from the Education Department to education boards throughout the Dominion, requesting them to afford the fullest possible facilities for school children to enjoy this historic talk. Organisation is also in train to facilitate the equipping of schools for tho reception.