KING EDWARD'S MESSAGE.
Chnstehurch, March 27. Lieut. Shackleton received the follow ing cable from King Edward:— "l congratulate you and your comrades most warmly on the splendid result accomplished by your expedition, and m having succeeded, in hoisting the Union, Jack, presented to you by the Queen," within 100 miles of the South Pole, and the Union Jack on the South Magnetic Pole. I gladly assent to the new' range of mountains in the far south bearing the name of Qceen Alexandra."
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12500, 29 March 1909, Page 2
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82KING EDWARD'S MESSAGE. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12500, 29 March 1909, Page 2
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