SHACKLETON SAFE.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1916, Page 5

SHACKLETON SAFE.

j - AT THE FALKLANDS. A 700 MILES DRIFT RESCUE WANTED. THE endurance returning. (Press Association Extraordinary.) (Copyright in Australia and New Zealand.) Received June 1, 1.25 p.m. London, May 31. Lieutenant Sliackleton is safe at the Falkland Islands. The, Endurance and her crew are at Elephant Island. MESSAGE FROM SHACKLETON. TWENTY-TWO MEN LEFT BEHIND. Received June 1, C.IS p.ro London, June 1. The Daily Chronicle publishes a message, signed "Sliackleton" and dated "P«rt Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 31," saying:— "I have arrived here. The Endurance was crusted in ice in the middle of the Weddel Sea on October 27, 1915. We drifted 700 miles in the ice until April 9, 1910. We landed it Elephant Island on April 10, I left on the 24th, leaving twenty-two men in a hole in the ice cliffs, and proceeded for help to South Georgia with five men in a 22ft. boat, At the time of leaving the island all were well, but there is urgent need for rescue." RELIEF IN LONDON THE Mfin IN ROSS SEA. Received June 1, 10.35 p.m. London, June 1. Sir E. Shackleton's telegram reached London at midnight, and was immediately communicated to the King, who has evinced the deepest interest in the expedition, and alsrf to Lady Sliackleton and relatives of the explorer, who entertained the gravest fears for the party, owing to the absence of tidings of the Endurance. The news only became known to the public fl'hen late editions of the Daily Chronicle were sold in the streets. The posters created a sensation among men and women going to work, and a huge edition was eagerly bought up. Tile full story of Shackleton's journey in a 22ft. boat is eagerly awaited, as it will also explain the circumstances necessitating the abandonment and failure of the trans-Polar journey. The news of the safety of Sliackleton and his five companions will not lessen the public demand that everything possible shall be done on behalf of the men left on Elephant Island, in the Ross Sea. Mr. Asquith'a reply to Mr. Eugene Wason, in the House of Commons, given ibefore Sir Ernest Shackleton's telegram reached London, shows that the Government realises the necessity of immediate action, and is fully prepared to pledge the public funds. The news was received so late that it has been impossible to interview any other explorers. / BRITISH AID FOR RELIEF. Beceived June 1, 5.5 p.m. London, May 31. In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith will ask Parliament, on the Army Estimates, to provide funds for the early despatch of Shackleton's relief ship.