ANTARCTIC HEROES.
*» i — ■' (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (London Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables) LONDON, February 6. Space has been allotted m St. Paul's Cathedral for a memorial tablet to Cap- " . tain Scott and a group of statuary, to cost £7500 Avill also be placed either m one of the big parks or m the Greenwich Hospital grounds. Designs for the group are invited from leading sculptors. A monument m the form of the Polar explorers' cairn has been inaugurated '•■'' m the Lautaret Pass m the Alps, where' ' " Captain Scott, m 1908, experimented with motor sledges. This monument is due to Dr Charcot's' initiative. The Mm- ' ister for Marine attended the ceremony. .» .The Vienna Geographical Society has conferred a posthumous award Of the'.,.: Haver Medal, the Society's highest dis- .. tinction, on Captain Scott. _________________ y
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 3
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