ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12026, 27 March 1903, Page 3

ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

THE QUALITY OF PROVISION'S. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHCRCH. March 26. The future movements of the Morning will, depend on instructions from England. It Is estimated rhat £BOOO is required to the relief ship back to McMnrdo Bay with supplies for herself in case she is caught, and fr>r the Discovery. About £4OOO b available, but the balance his vet to be fonnd-

A "o'xl deal of comment his been made in town ia reference to the bail provisions taker, on the Discoverv. It has been ascertained th.it none of the unsatisfactory provisions come from Canterbury. Large quantities of tinned meat, fish, fruit and •vegetables were obtained from England and Enrone. and some of these it seems were rert.iirdv- nor tip tn the raqnired standard. When r!i» was at I.yttelton some <if t:.e ringed fi-ov's-ons were sotd at auction. A local srnx-er who purchased con-.-ddt-rable o;nrirttt>s sr--*»s tint he sampled ni'i-r i-f the lires aril found them very satisfactory. e~e- r!v:- •-'•'st fie vivs were h-r iii> means rnpa.! itab T e. the only objection being tha- the m«>t h-d been somewh it overcooked. H<* t« an in the process of pre-erviric lx>d and says that in his opinion the wr-rk s> far as he conld fndue from the sample* he selected for trial had bee.i verv well done. Many of h'u customers.purchased small lots of meats and apparently are quite satisfied as they have made co complaints. Another grocer

in the city received some of the goods from the Discovery through a customer who found that they were unpalatable to him, though there were no serious results from the consumption of the meats. It is now stated that the tinned tish which had been .specialty prepared for the dugs was not as goou as had been expected. A membar of the Morning's crew states that some of the tinned vegetables were so bad that the opening of a tin was a sure method of clearing the cabin.