ANTARCTIC RELIEF FUND.
-j-apgGESTiOJifS FOR MEMORIAL. " ; LONDON, April 30. The fund subscribed for the i-lief of the relatives of tie members of the Scott Expedition;. who peyished m the AntarcJkic, has, reached a total of £555,760. ** '-The disposal of the fund has not y t been definitely decided upon. Hundreds of suggestions have .been received as to how the money should be applied m connection with the national memorial.- : . SomeY have proposed the establishment of -an aerial fleet, others t/bat part of the fund should be used for the restoration of St... Paul's Cathedral, while one person-considers, that the erection of an Eiffel .lower, on Parliament Hill would -be the best memorial. .•••-•;:. ■' 'Another suggestion was that some of the • money might ■go towards assisting those who- suffered through the failure of the Oaaring Caasrßsnk."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 9
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134ANTARCTIC RELIEF FUND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 9
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