THE ANTARCTIC.
THE S-HACKLETON EXPEDITION,
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Press Aissociatdon-By Megraph-Copyrißhe SYDNEY, Deceujber' 7. Lieutenant ' Sliackleton ' lectured to, a eiowded audience in the Town Haft oh the objects of the Antarctic'' expedition'. He appealed for funds, .and stated 'lliat - * previous lo enmipg to Australia,'-Jio bay bwan fifty millionaires, and impressed' on llien'i not" only the'voJ'uVof the 1, expedition,, but Hie need to nr.iiutain 'the national prestige; buL they' turned' a deaf car. "Piofessor Audeiison Stuart aimouncqtfthat the real 'reiiFori for the appeal 'for fund's, wa,s that the recent pnuic on Wall Rntf. Iwid loib tiro cypedition £4CoO''or £SOOO.
At the YoncluMon of the lecture, a committer- of bik was formed, with Sir Frederick Barley, Chief Ju&titfe, a.s chairman, 1 to raise the £SOOO needed."' \ , / .' Lieutenant Sfaacklelon magnetic survey of*,the' , ■>
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13463, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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129THE ANTARCTIC. Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13463, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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