A DOUBLE TASK-.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 582, 10 August 1909, Page 5

A DOUBLE TASK.

j EXPLORER MUST BUILD UP HIS OWN ; • FINANCE. / v'-. . WRITES AND ; LECTURES .TO MEET DEBT. ' (By Telegraph:—Press Association.—OpprrlKbt.l iJontlon, August 8. : ; LieutenaiitV;Shaokleton jv leader of' the recent; Antarctic! Expedition, will lecture in the President:Taft. 4ud; Earl-Grey, (Governor-General of; Canada), are' / members 1 of - the reception; • committee'.' Record fees have-been 'guaranteed/ In the course of an interview, Lieutenant Shaekleton stated that ■ the prooeeds of his ■ lectures were already, mortgaged. He ex-' plained that a group of Englishmen who, promised assistance to his lat6 expedition withdrow at. the last moment, owing; to the American financial 'crisis! : The explorer, then faiscd £20,000 -personal 1 guarantees. .

Tho Australian and l New Zealand contributions, he added, : \vere .used to secured additional stores ; %nd ;. scientific ; equipment. Lieutenant Shackleton hopes, by tho proceeds of his book, lectures; and ' personal subscriptions,' to repay tho £20,000. .by the due date, 1910.'- 1

: : EXPLORER'S; LECTURE? IN LONDON. J;la the : >implesti-most matter-of-fact language, with no;attempt atrhetorio, no flourishes, but with all the eloquence that comes from sincerity- and; intimate, knowledge of the subject disdussetl, Lieutenant Shackleton,, the famous explorer, on': June 28, ;.delivered one of the most fascinating ..lectures ever heard in London •(says the "Daily Mail"). It was a wonderful setae in the Albert; Hall, /where the ,lecture —• the first by Mr. - Shackleton since his return after his memorable journey -in the Antarctic— was given under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society. A. splendid audionce gathered- to listen: to the youn^ ; . explorer. . The Prince of :Wales/ wearing the, .ribbon of the Garter, was on the platform,' and the.Princess of Wales, in a charming dress; of black and silver, with diamond ornaments, sat .in a- front stall. With;pictures of the expedition, of its members,; and -of the. ;scenery, Mr. Shackleton gave.; his. hearers a wonderful impression ; of s what was done.; ; There was one picture which everybody /present was waiting for.' At length, it appeared: ; ,There was the flag, at the. most southerly-point ever reached—the, nearest point to either. Pole.- At its 4 right were three furc,la£* and when it.-Was, shown the audience .;let'.itself' go. Prom every, part, every corner,, the,, great building,"the cheering came, and it >vas some time before the lecturer could continue, vThen he said: "There must be done and will be; done before long more explorations in, theso regions." .But immediately afterwards he .retired jto.- his ' quaintly graphic* simple style. ; .He remarked.of,the picture. 'It was a very, cold day—you can notice - the frost round our -iaces/' -• This was his style all through .the , leoture:. "The weather was very trying," -"It was very uncomfortable,". "We began to'eat our horses then," ."If such-and-such a 'thing 'lad! happened we would' riot have come back .again" : Of - Mount Hope' Mr.' Shackleton remarked' that this was the name they gave i the_ mountain, but before, they had finished' with it -"we.called'it names T cannot repeat here.'- ;