NEW ZEALAND FLAG.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 197, 24 September 1914, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND FLAG.

IN ANTARCTICA. Press Association. WELLINGTON, September "23; Mr Prank Hurley, late official photographer to the Mawson scientific expedition, and who is now on his way to join Sir Ernest Shackleton 's Antarctic Expedition at Buenos Ayres, was today presented by - the Mayor of Wellington, Mr J. P. Luke, with a New Zealand flag inscribed "Best wishes for the Expedition's success, from the citizens of Wellington."

The Mayor, in making the presenta* tion, said that the flag signified the goodfellowship that existed between Australia (Mr Hurley is an Australian) and New Zealand. He wished the guest and his chief every success in the journey and hoped that the work would be successfully accomplished. The capacities of Antarctica, he said, 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 with the Union Jack and the Australian flag. Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition would uphold the prestige of the British flag in Antarctica, despite the slight clouding that had occurred when Amundsen forestalled Scott. He was going to take a kinema outfit across the continent, and make a pictorial record of historical value of the journey. He thanked all present and premised that the flag would fly at the South Pole and be brought back to Wellington.