FOR THE ANTARCTIC.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 8

FOR THE ANTARCTIC.

_ 4 : . THE TERRA NOVA GETS A HEARTY SEND-OFF. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunea'in, November 29. Tho Terra. Nova left Port Chalmers for the Antarctic punctually .at 2.30 p.m. to-day.A 'half-holiday was observed at the port, where an abundance of Hags was displayed, and all the shipping was dressed. A vast crowd assembled on tho George Street jpier, and the men manned the rigging, and much hearty cheering was exchanged. The Terra Nova was towed to sea by the Plucky. The procession down to the Heads was lod<by the training-ship Aniokura, then followed the Terra Nova, with the tug Plucky alongside, tho Defence steamer Lady Roberts, with Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth (Officer Comanding the .Otago district), and officers in uniform, and ladies on board. Crowded excursion steamers followed, and long lines of motor craft and sailing yachts brought up the rear. The pilot was dropped at tho Heads, and Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Wyatt, who travelled down from the porit on the Terra Nova, were landed into the tug. The- ladies on the tug exchanged keepsakes and mementos with the sailors for the south. Outside the Heads tie Amokura and the Lady Roberts fired salutes of six guns, ensigns were and the tug, casting-off the Terra Nova, steered south, and the Amokura proceeded to the Bluff. The send-off was in every way a great success. Captain Scott, interviewed before leaving, wished to thank the people for their great kindness to him" and his party. They had let them go about their business in their own way. Ho declined to say anything concerning tile rival South Polar expedition from Norway, The expedition left full of confidence and in excellent spirits.