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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1679, 20 February 1913, Page 5

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SHACKLETON GOING SOUTH. FOR SCIENCE. Bjr Tel«craph-Fre«j Aeioclatlon-Copyright • New York, February 18. Sir. Ernest Shackleton has reaffirmed . Ms intention of lending another expedition'to the Antarctio to. engage in scientific "'exploration..y He said thio loss of human Uvea was'-nothing if thereby one could add one iota to the sum of human . knowledge. ' ; .i ■ A DEAD HERO. . -TRIBUTE TO .CAPTAIN OATES. v - . Sydney, February, 19. . A fellow officer with Captain Oatis in the Inni9killing Dragoons, says that Oates ■■ was tho most stalwart man and the best, ■ officer ho ever know. 'He could get more out of .his men than any other, and was clever, beyond the . ordinary. lie was. a : great geologist) . nothing jvas too hard for Aim. ■■■'■ ■. '■ : THE SCOTT FUND. ; . . AUSTRALIA'S INTENTIONS. • ' - Melbourne, February ID. .<••••• Mr. Fisher, Fedoral Prime' Minister, has : approved the suggestion: of Mr. Hughes, ' the Attorney-General, \ that the, Commonwealth .-and State Governments should contribute to the Scott fund.. The States are now being, approached on- the subject. ' ' ' : CANADIAN SYMPATHY. , 1 i .! (Ilea. February 19, 9.45 p.m.). . ■; •■■■ ,> • Ottawa, February 19. The' '■ Dominion Parliament has adopted ' a resolution of condolenco in connection . with tho South Polo .disaster. ' . :' Sir; Wilfrid Laurier find Mr. Borden 1 .f paid'impessfve tributes. ' i ■ ■■I .' (Rec. February 20, 1.85 a.m;) . .i«i i, • -v Sydney, February 19. . The various Scott funds have reached '.; ; :THE NEWSPAPER FUND. (Reo. February 19, 11.15 p.m.) i ' London, February 19. The newspaper fund has reached .£BOOO. • !M?. J. M. Barrie, novelist,, who is god-' . lather'to Peter Scott,-in a letter to the ■ newspapers, is asking the Government definite statement of • the funds rejuirdd. Confusion in-the public 1 mindis preventing free subscription. Ho beli&ves < that-. Lord Curzon is in error with regard , to tho liabilities of the expedition— •£12,000, not. .£30,000. ' j. ■//.-> .'^.v'• ■ 1 The "Daily Telegraph" ... states that 6cott sank' < ifi3biooo''of .his private fortune in fitting out the' expedition^ SCOTT MONUMENT SUGGESTED. I>' London, February 18. . Mr.-Austen Chamberlain suggests ' a monument!tpjScdtt,and his comrades, at. . : St. Paul's, and.executed by -Macartney .writes to Mrs. Evans paying a. tribhto.torher brother's .'■..greatadmiration'for.Evans.' V - . Lord • Charles Boreaford,i in a similar •letter, expressed respect •,and admiration.