SHACKLETON RELIEF EXPEDITION.
LONDON, July 21.
On receipt of the New Zealand Government's cable stating that repairs to : the i;Auroraii would occupy at least 60 days owing to It^bour uncertainty, the British Government decided, owing lo an urgent cable from Sir Ernest Shack-" leton, to dispatch a vessel from England, though the jonrney from Plymouth to Elephant Island will be twice the distance from Wellington. The Hudson's Bay Company, owners of the whaler Discovery, used in the 1910- expedition, thereupon loaned the vessel for the relief. She leaves in a few days, and will be towed most of the journey to save time. It is considered the effort Sir Ernest Shackleton is now making has little chance of success.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19160724.2.16
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16704, 24 July 1916, Page 4
Word Count
119SHACKLETON RELIEF EXPEDITION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16704, 24 July 1916, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in