EVEREST EXPEDITION
SAID TO BE RETURNING • RAINFALL ABOVE NORMAL United Press Assn.—Elec. 1:1. Uopyric'-.t, LONDON, June li In tbe absence or cured messages to the Times from the Everest expedition, there is on increasing tendency to speculate whether ihe mountain has again beaten a parly of I climbers. A message just received from Reuter's Darjeeling correspondent quotes coolies in the village of Gang Tok as stating that the expedition is returning. The Australian Associated Press says it understands that the party’s time-table at present has not been seriously exceeded. Advices from Darjeeling state that the seasonal rainfall at Kalimpong is 15 inches above normal.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20523, 13 June 1938, Page 7
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