BYRD’S SHIP
A FINAL OVERHAUL. (United Frees Association—By Eieotxui Telegraph—Copyright.) . BOSTON, September 25. Byrd’s supply ship, Bear of Oakland, underwent its final preparations to-day, preparatory to its start for the South Polar regions to-morrow. The foodstuffs and scientific instruments were placed aboard, and the clearance papers were issued. The < :;pedition flagship, the Pacific Fir las been renamed the Jacob Rupert, in honour of, the New York . laxhail magnate, Mr Brewer, who is one of the expedition’s principal sponsors. Admiral Byrd will leave on the Jacob Ruppert in about a week. 3!e expects to overtake the Bear of <. akland long before she reaches 3.0 r base at Dunedin, which is expected tj require about two months. U S.A. INTENTIONS. BOSTON, .September 25. According to dispatches from "Washington,' the Post Office Department as announced that a Post Office will ) q established in Antarctica, called ‘ Little America.” This is one of Ihe first official acts in the recognasi.g of the territory explored by Admiral Byrd as being a United States possession.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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