SHORT OF COAL
THE DISCOVERY RETURNING. DEPENDING ON -SAILS. SYDNEY, March 9. A message from the Discovery sent at 5.30 says that the ship has tailed . to obtain further coal and is leuuning to Australia. The ship’s position is now latitude 51.20 degrees and longitude 101 degrees. On February 19. following the fina. landing on Macrobertson Lan 1, the weather held good, but as the coal reserves wore very low a further C 3 H p " sion of the programme along the Antarctic coast was considered unreason able. In any case to reach Australia the .Discovery will have to rely princi pally on her sails.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 58, 10 March 1931, Page 7
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105SHORT OF COAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 58, 10 March 1931, Page 7
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