TO POLE BY SUBMARINE.
SIR H. WILKINS’ PLANS. DEPARTURE OF THE NAUTILUS. United Pi ess Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. NEW YORK, June 4. A message from Wood’s Hole, Massachusetts, says Sir Hubert Wilkins’ submarine, Nautilus, Is en route for Provinceto'wn for a submerged run off Cape Cod. It passed Wood’s Hole last night, having left London at noon escorted by the coastguard ship Hunt. Lady Wilkins disembarked from the Hunt after saying farewell to Sir Hubert and the crew of ,the Nautilus over the radio-telephone. She will sail on June 7 to meet the craft in England, A lest of the Nautilus’ gyro-compass and radio-telephone equipment proved satisfactory, Sir Hubert, in a letter, to RearAdmiral Billard, commander of the coastguard, expressed his appreciation of the coastguard's co-operation, and requested contact with coastguard vessels off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland during the passage across the Atlantic.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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