SHACKLETON’S EXPEDITION

Southland Times, Issue 17764, 24 September 1914, Page 5

SHACKLETON’S EXPEDITION

PRESENTATION OF NEW ZEALAND FLAG. TO FLT AT TUB SOUTH POLE. (P«r United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 2S. Mr Frank Hnrlcy. late official photographer to the Mawson Scientific Expedition. and who is now on his way to Join Sir Ernest Shaclclelon’s Antarctic Expedition at Buenos Ayres, was today presented by the Mayor of Wellington (Mr J. P. Luke), with a New Zealand Hag. inscribed, "Best wishes for the expedition's success from the citizens of Wellington.” The Mayor, in making the presentation. said that the Hag signified the goodf eliowship that existed between Australia (Mr Hurley i s an Australian) and New Zealand. He wished him and his chief every success in their journey, and that the work would he successfully accomplished. The capacities of Antarctica were unknown, and many believed that Sir Ernest Shackleton would not only reach the Pole, but explore the whole of the unknown portion. Mr Hurley expressed his sense of the honour received by him at the hands of the citizens of Wellington. He was to form one of a party of six who were to cross the Continent, and the flag would fly side by side witli the Union Jack and thc Australian flag. Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition would uphold the prestige of the British fla-g in Antarctica despite the slight clouding that had occurred when Captain Amundsen forestalled the late Sir ft. Scott. He was going to take a cinema outfit across the continent, and make a pictorial record of historical value of the journey. He thanked all present, and promised that the flag would fly at the South Pole and he brought hack to Wellington.