THIRTEEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 24 April 1913, Page 3

THIRTEEN.

: 4> A OA I'TATN SCOTT COINCIDENCE. The following letter by Mr. Frank F. Yomigson appears in the Louilon "Daily Mail":— May I point out for the interest of youi readers tho remarkable result of adding together the iliyits of the principal dates in connection with Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition?

I daresay it will be stated that there are scores of dates associated with 1 his expedition which <uo not represented here. 1 agree. Some of them add up tn 111, too, but I contend they are only minor ones, when compared to the importance or these. 1 expect some will regard the aliove lift merely as a c waste of your valunblo space; many will consider the coincidences singular, if not amazing; others will begin to think that tliero must bs something' mysterious about the number 13. ifler all. The remainder; the superstitious, will endeavour to convince us of their belief in it particularly during tho present year. Personally, I fail to understand why innocent figures should be,endowed .with tho authority to prognosticate, but I can conceive it possible for a number to obtain a. bad reputation owing to an over-scrupulous .tJns,s of peopla specially observing and recollecting unfortunate incidents that occur in conjunction with it alone.

Digits added. JLerra iova loft London 15 C 10—13 Terra ?!ova entered Polar regions .0 12 10-13 Expedition aly(lie South I'olc .\ 18 1 12-13 .Vclty-Officcr Evans died 17 2 12—13 Relief party Jett Hnt Point, (nearly three weeks too soon) to meet Captain Scott's party returning lroni tb'o Pole 20 2' 12 —13 ltelief party compelled to return owing to terrible weather, etc., and in a state of collapsn reached Hut Point "gain 16 >3 12-13 Captain Oates "went to sleep, hoping not to wake" 011 1G 3 12—13 Captain Scott's last letter dated 25 3 12—13 Memorial services held throughout the country oil Sunday 1G 2 13—13 Terra Nova will leavo Now Zealand for Cardiff on 15 3 13-13