WILKINS SEEKS WEATHER DATA IN POLAR AREA.
DISCOVERY OF LAND NOT HIS MAIN OBJECT. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received May 22, 9.10 a.m.) % OSLO, May 21. Captain George 'Wilkins says his object in Pdlar exploration is less to dis- ' cover land than to obtain meteorologi-
cal data for the benefit of the world. For example he desires to assist Australia in precautions against drought and thus save their hundreds of thousands of sheep. This is one of the objects of his South Polar expedition. Senator Marconi assured him that
by the use of the short-wave radio system the transmission of weather reports is feasible.— Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18469, 22 May 1928, Page 1
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