Untitled

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 816, 13 May 1910, Page 8

Sir Ernest Shackloton . outlined " his plans for the fnturo to an interviewer shortly before leaving England on his way to tho- United States and Canada. "I'hope," he said, "that iny next Polar expedition irill leave in 1911, and that it willi bo'oh,a larger scale than anything yet attempted in tho Antarctic. , Two 'ships will probably have to be engaged. I do not propose to appeal to the public for fluids, so as not to interfere with, Captain Scott's financial plans, either now or-at a later date. The work 1 havo in view has the approval of tho highest in the scientific world, and already I havo promises, of financial support. To a certain extent'l can rely upon tho financial help of friends." , While a serious fire was blazing in a warehouse beneath the Chatham Eailwav at Imdgate Circus, a signalman continued to work'the levers in a box immediately above the burning premises.- A largo crowd watched hiin carry on his duties amid the dense smoke, till at length tho authorities ordered the suspension of tho railway traffic.