THE ARRIVAL AT AKAROA.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13381, 2 April 1912, Page 6

THE ARRIVAL AT AKAROA.

PREPARATION AT LYTTELTON

(Special to "The Colonist,")

Captain C. V. ;:con, V,.S. 01 tiio liriiish Antarctic cxpoclitmti, must •lifivp had memories of ins return to :tjvttcoton from tlu- Aiitarac'tie on April ik 1904, when h<.- math Atw-iI Ist, 1912 the. date, of tiic arrival buck in ttew Zealand waLvs of the lorra Nova Lvttclton received news of the arrival of" the Terr* JS'ova at Akaroa this momiii;; v.-:,u a tuition worthy ot April look' Day. ;.:^i ( ».pb, indeed, persisted in rogajdi.ig it as an April Ist l.oax, but wh?n it >v>re the official fcrand of genuine.: ..\>sr the fooling ot 'doubt gave way to ,><ie nl groat satisfaction.' The Terra Neva has returned to iV<v. Zf...:=■-■-. :,, ■ !-, •■•> :uK •with a pu?i{-.ti!.il-:iy s^^v «i ■} niy;l [boat. When f.lh- l:-li Lyi-i-nt-oii lor the Antarctic on l\m,il;cr loth lust, Ivor officers stated that, iill going well, sho .would return to Now Zealand early in 'April and it is a of tl.k? gnutost satisfaction 14; -■. I :^': '^■.vf-fu in tJio expedition to know uv.t t!u;-i';!iiio!is ship with htr band of bravo explon'rs has arrived at Ak::iu: s-iV «nd ''all wol^*' Whon the news was r(►'^ived on board II M.S. Pioneer at Lvttclton this mornii>tr the utmost :-.ntj.<rt"jtion was expressed at tho ?:i!"p return of t-w ospfclitioh. It was Umu/.-ht that tho lerra Kova would be cm mm!; in to-day, and steam was raised on th- warship witli tho idea of going out to meet thi« lcrra Nova. It is u::d-M.-tiiod that _H. JI.S. rionopr will »c in rcndiiiOßs on W-ednoK-ciay morning to go out to mo"t tho vesfii'l and to c» erirt her into Lyttolton. It is exactly eijiht ye.'.rs ago to-day •piuco Captain Wcntt, le'.idor of the ltoyal Ccofrrr.pliM-al tncinty's Antaretip cxpfftlition mad" his iirst return to I^melton from -iiK' !'"iir South. Captain Bcott and hit party wsro on hoard the. ■Discovery, which v.as accompaiuod by the relief ships, the Aiorning and Terra Kova. At davlighb.on April Ist, 1004. the three ships jtri.od offi Lyitelton heads. The morning gloriously fine, and tho thr-r-f ships made a stirring picture as thoy steamo.l in line •plo-rt'ly up the harb.mr. to he welcomod i\vith groat erithusiasm by tho thousands of people- who had assembled on tho wharves.