ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
THE NIMROD EXPEDITION. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 2. Air. Reed, tho business manager ot the expedition, has still a good deal of work to do in connection with the Nimrod. Most of tho officers and scientists hud a long list ol final commissions for him to execute, and last night lie had to despatch a big budget of telegrams and cablegrams. Air. G. A. AI. Buckley, of Ashburton, who went south with the Nimrod, did so at about an hour’s notice, lie will probably return with the Koonyn. Air Buckley is well known as a yachts-, man, and ho holds a master mariner’s certificate.
The mail for King Edward A’TT. Land taken bv the Koonva consisted of about 1509 letters. Probably 1300 of these are dummy communications sent in order that they may he returned through the dead-letter office and kept ns mementoes.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2079, 3 January 1908, Page 3
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