SCOTT TRAGEDY
SYDNEY BELIEF FUNDS. SYDNEY, February 27. The Various Scott Relief Funds .have reached a total of £3BOO. A CONVERSATION RECALLED. SCOTT PREFERRED BURIAL ON FIELD OF BATTLE. (Received February 27, 9.15 p.m.) PARIS, February 27. Dr J. B. Charcot recalled, a conversation with Scott in which the latter asked; “What would be your last wish if you were fated to die in the Antarctic? Would you prefer your body to be brought to Europe or to rest beneath the snows?” When Dr Charcot replied that he would prefer to bo buried on tho field of battle, Soott answered: “ I also.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8366, 28 February 1913, Page 7
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102SCOTT TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8366, 28 February 1913, Page 7
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