MAWSON'S EXPEDITION.
A WHALER PURCHASED
BRITISH FUND .£IO,OOO.
[By Electric Telegraph.]
LONDONj May 22,
Dr Douglas Mawson has purchased the 386 ton whaler Aurora, specially built for work in the ice, for his Antarctic expedition. She has hitherto been used in the Newfoundland whaling industry, and has proved a staunch little craft. She will arrive in London on June 8, and will there refit, and will be rigged as a barquentine. The Port of London authority will remit the dues and will give lree wharfage to the vessel. The Daily Mail fund has reached ,£IO,OOO.
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2794, 24 May 1911, Page 2
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95MAWSON'S EXPEDITION. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2794, 24 May 1911, Page 2
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