ON THE SCROLL Of RENOWN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 7

ON THE SCROLL Of RENOWN.

TRIBUTE 10 MAWSON'S ACHIEVEMENT. EXPLORER HONOURED BY KIS STATE■Sy Ttlesi*jffU-spT«ue Aeeadfttien-DiwyriirJit Adelaide, Mawh 3. Dr. Jlawson was officially welcoiiieri at a .fargo gathering, including the (!&?- tfrnur-iiejieral (Lord BcniiiiUi) at tiie University.

Sir' Samuel Way, who j>residcd, read 0. message from tho King congratnlati.itg Dr, Mawsan and Ivis colleagues ou tlreir snecesefttl achic.v*emcnts, and reftrt'tting tl«j lasi of their brave comrades. ' j

Kir SaiiJiio) Way paid a tribute to the explorers' work. Dr. Man-son, ho saul, h.n.d written his name high nn the scroll of imperishable reitowt! iis a great Australian hero.

hard Bearaan said the expedition had established a record in bravery, liero* isiii, ami ouduraiiCfS.

Dr. Mawsoi), in replying, paid n. liigJi tribute to his comrades. Ho did nijt desire undue credit himself; all had done tiieir best, 'i'to expedition tliffiflr«l from others inasmuch as it did not ffltms on tho South I'ole.. but took up a sp-here-of action njerfi ■ likely to be useful to Australia. Ho did not put forward any claim 'as to ike- tesults, except in rogaftl to tlio scioutifie side. There had been reason to believe that land existed ; now they knew, there was hnge land. to. the sonth of Australia that *m,uat play a. part hi Australian history m tko future-

It anyt'lihig was <rf any value to Ass* fcraiia jh the Antarctic regions, said Dr. JMawson, that knowledge timvM be turned t , ) g<iod uso. Hβ hoped the Australian (jciveriHMjnt would-make some claim on tiic Antarctic regions/ Canada had 'issued an edict thai all lands frctui North Canada to tho, .Pole belonged to Uana-da.; so Austfajia itiight say that all 'lands .south of islm Ca-najneinvealth hblonged to it. Ho hoped the Aj-rsiralia-ii pu.Mio wonhj he satisfied when the scientific aeiiieveuwiits of tho esnetlitien was made known.

"\Vo all had ■β-ledgiii" experiences,"etniehufed Dr. Sla-wseji, "and they tvpre arduous and very trj'mg. We wont to the Antarctic knotting we would have .to. take risks, and the funny thing is that soiiie- of them want: to go ngflin. I. had mi idea ./that w,;w myself, kit have not got. it so nru'eh aifiw. Still; obp never- knows. Ninnis and Jtertss we*o ihie- feltows, and t don't Uil-ovi that-they would regret- their deaths if it were jios-sib-to for tiiem ts iicay iis talking about them. •• I. never heard a flomplaii-tt item cither."

t'aptajn. Dark said that Dr. Mawstai's journey was absolqtclv flnpgi'alieled in the.history ef oxntefatio-u. It was oiws of the grdati.ist iljustratioiia of how t-ho stenit'st oifairs of nature were overettnto by tire superb twira-gjs alid posix'r of a r-csoiittc nian. '■' .