AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.
[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] NORTH POLAR. FLIGHT. CAPTAIN WTT.KI.YS LTONTSET). NEW YORK. Jan- 3. Detroit messages state that Captain V ilkins was lionised by flic scientific men at a dinner given by the Detroit Aviation Society, preliminary to bis departure on the trans-polar flight. The speakers declared Wilkins would probably discover new land for the United States.
Doctor Bowman, Director of the American Geographical Society, said Wilkins has the combination of qualities possessed by no other mart in the world. He is not only an experienced aviator, but a gallant officer.
"Wilkins tolling of bis aspirations in the proposed Arctic venture reiterated his belief and confidence that he would secure valuable data, useful for his Antarctic venture. He stressed the economic importance that the world should know what both polar regions could offer in the way of development. Moreover, the coming ventures in the Arctic and Antarctic regions would give an extensive opportunity to gather meteorological data, whereby the seasons may be forecasted, and. this was one of the principal reasons for undertaking the flights,
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1926, Page 2
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179AMERICAN CABLE NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1926, Page 2
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