BYRD’S CLAIM

Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1930, Page 5

BYRD’S CLAIM

TO ANTARCTIC LANDS

United Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

MONTREAL, June 20

fn the course of an interview, Admiral Byrd stated that lie had claimed in the name of the United States, the 125 thousand miles of land that the j expedition had discovered. ’This land' lay beyond the claims oif the British being westward of 150th meridian. The J British claimed lands that had not | been settled, but he thought that, in regard to international law, the Antarctic might lie different in status from the rest of the world, where set- 1 tlement was required. He could not | say whether the land that the United states claimed had any value, though Miev had every reason to believe that there were enormous deposits of coal down there.

N.Z. REPRESENTATIVE TAKES PART. NEW YORK. June 20. ob the? occasion of Admiral Bvrd’s arrival, the New Zealand Trade ,Re preventative, Mr Collins, who participated in the Byrd celebrations, described the city’s welcome as magnificent and inspiring, and he expressed the hope that Admiral Byrd would continue, his explorations in the Antarcti so that he might again bo welcomed in New Zealand.