„THE ANTARCTIC."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 956, 25 October 1910, Page 6

„THE ANTARCTIC."

CAPTAIN SCOTT'S'LECTURE. ;:, :■ j Captain' Scott, who arrives by the-Wa*i' , j rimoo to-morrow from . Sydney, will 100-' • j ture in the Town Hall on Thursday night : before, leaving for the south;' The'great- .-.'.'.. I est interest has been evinced in; Captain'. . -; : ■ Scott,and his expedition ever since Captain Peary discovered the North .Pole,. ■ ' and there is a strong desire in.the heart .'■ p of every Britisher that Captain;,.§6ott .;■. , j may bo audi inariy.'who'Myill.. . j attend tho lecture on !; Thursday, will .. j doubtless go out of a '.sense- ,of. loyalty. ~■;• i The hope of Great Britain being the honoured nation to'find! the Pole at pro- ,i sent rests in Captain Scott doing so. All %'•■:. are 'asking the question:: "Will he get S . \ there? If grit aud. successful; equipment, will do it then, ho certainly" should, for■•'.' no better equipped expedition,'-in men and materials,' has ever set forth in quest , '.' of this undiscovered (portion of tho '. ■'< earth's surface. . The. cumces are cor- <j tainly all in his fayoui),■" On Thursday ' 4 night he will in his lecture, give emtio i;| indication of his plan of (operations which '. \ will enable tho audienije' to follow his : j movements with much .--greater interest. \ '•.\| It is intended lo erect a Marconi. sta- . ,;.] lion at the Bluff so that news by,mar- .:■ conigraph will bo received from him from '«$ time to time. The Wellington .public ..;j may be depended upon to gather in largo ' ■ force on Thursday night to honour this ; | man of tho hour nnd to hear fioni liiin j J at first hand of his projectied journey. ••- :\ |