THE GOVERNOR'S SYMPATHY
A profound sensation was caused yesterday afternoon among the largo crowd at Ship Cove, away from newspaper* and telegraph offices, when Hi* Excellency the Governor, at tho conclusion of lm
speech at the unveiling of the Cook Ijffcraorial, announced his deep regret at living tq sound a note of sadness at mich a gathering. Just before he came aihore in the Tutanekai, he said a telegram had been put in his hands concerning Captain Scott's expedition. The message read : "Party reached' the Pole on 18th January. Whole party perished in- a blizzard." "I know," said |His ■Excellency, "the .deepest sympathy goes o#t fi'om this gathering to the friends and relatives of these heroic men. They i»ave given their lives, as many others J(lve done, for their cquntry, and their Jh^aunted courage and unswerving zeal ,*«ll not be forgotten by their countrymen, fthey, in turn, have not forgotten the greater heritage handed down fo us from o'tir forefathers." ' Sympathetic reference was also made fey the Ho I*.1 *. F". M. B. Fisher and other speakers. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1913, Page 7
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176THE GOVERNOR'S SYMPATHY Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1913, Page 7
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