EXPLORERS INTERROGATED.

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EXPLORERS INTERROGATED.

ANSWER ONLY ONE QUESTION.

-~■ ?-i Tiiharu, Feb. 10. On the first north bound express a '-•Post,"? reporter IsoughV out two "young men whose tanned faces suggested outdoor life.'^ They looked ordinary travellers/except that they wore sea boots. :The reporter questioned them, but cne replied :•'"Our ' orders are to say nothing. '"Wo don't mind you asking,'* h6 said, "but those are my orders." He * then addedVthai he would answer only one question. — • 'Asked TvhenrNew Zealand would get news of Captain's Scott's expedition, he replied,' "twenty-four hours after it has-been sent to London, as lias been th^, practice in the past." :They refused definitely, to. answer any question as to ihejiealth of the. expedition. ;