ATTACKING THE ANTARCTIC
.£IO,OOO PROMISED DE. MAWSON. JAPANESE EXPEDITION FAREWELLED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, November 11. Dr. Mawson is still ,£9OOO short of the sum required for his Antarctic expedition. Tho total amount promised, including stores, amounts to a little over JiiOfiW. Dr. Mawson, speaking at a Royal Society reception, said ho had not any great anxiety over the deficit, because he thought that certain States which had not yet contributed would do bo when they 6aw what good : work was being dono. At a farewell dinner to the members of tho Japanese Antarctic expedition, the Japanese Vice-Consul, replying (o tho toast "Success to tho Japanese Expedition," referred to tho brotherhood of science, which made no discrimination regarding race or colour. All had one Gom'mon aim—the '.advancement of humanity.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1284, 13 November 1911, Page 5
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129ATTACKING THE ANTARCTIC Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1284, 13 November 1911, Page 5
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