NORTH AND SOUTH POLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14010, 15 September 1909, Page 2

NORTH AND SOUTH POLES.

CAPTAIN SCOTT PREPARING FOR AMOiMEH BATTLE. THE OVEIISEAS DOMINIONS. by Klectric Telegraph.— Copyright. liUaDOxV, Sept. 13. Laptain Scott expects to return to i!<iigiaua in LUL2. Lieut, ti. Evans, navigating officer tor the two rehet expeuitions, will be second in comruanU. i.i any member of the scientific staft ana ciow ot lmu will accompany Captain Scott, txia lour motor siedges will oe suiiicieutiy Ming to bridge tne dangerous crevices, a large sum has aiieacly been promised tne Soott expedition. Captain Scott, interviewed, said that i.'4U,uUO was tue nuiumum amount iiveued. lie felt certain that the overseas dominions, particularly Australia and Mew Zealand, would furnish a good 6Uiu towards the expedition. They would be well represented on the statt. He mentioned the prospect of utilising ethergraphs between the ship and the shore. Much depended as regards com--pleteneod of the entire equipment of the expedition on a liberal and quick, response to the appeal for funds. He' hoped to enter tne ice at the end ofi December. COMMANDER PEARY'S STORY. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The portion of Commander Peary's i story causing the ' greatest > astonishment is that he covered 138 mile* <ia latitude 88 to the Pole in foor dayi. DR. COOK'S OBSERVATIONS. CANADA'S CLAIM TO TERRITORY. (Received Sept. 15, 8.5 a.m.) " NEW YORK, Sept. 14. .A telegram received at Battle Harbour, Labrador, brings a statement derived from members of the expedition aboard the Roosevelt. It states that Commander Peary and one Esquimau aone reached the Pole, and that the nogro servant. Henson, and three Esquimaux, who also made a dash, were ! left on the march south of the Pole. Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of Canada, demands all the territory between the North American boundary and the Pole as the recognised hinterland of Canada. Dr. Cook stated ,-that he entrusted some notes of his observation* with Mr. Whitney, a millionaire and explorer, who was on a sporting expedition in the neighbourhood of Etah. Commander Peary telegraphs: "I have no knowledge of Cook having given Whitney any records. There are no book records on the' Roosevelt." < WAITING FOR COMMANDER PEARY. (Received Sept. 15, 8.3Q a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14. Commander Peary'i party ■in the Roosevelt leaves Battle Harbour on Saturday for Sydney, Nova Scotia. Fifty reporters are awaiting his arrival.