ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
LONDON, August 20. Mr Asquith has announced the .intention of the Government to recommend a gr,ant. of £20,000- towards the" cost of th# Shackleton expedition. The x aneuncement was received - with cheers. X Lieutenant Shackleton, when ' interviewed, said that a further appeal for assistance would be unnecessary. Everything was right now He appreciated greatly the generosity of the Government, as representing tlte nation, and he believed that the action -would be popular. August 21. Mr Asquith, in - a jlette-r to' -Lieutenant ] 'Shackleton, 'states that the .Government is 1 miieh inipressedr.by the- great'-valne of -rthe [ ddseoyerias '.made arnd. the; efficient . and' 'economical manner in w-hich the enterprise. j was conducted^ ' r - ■ ■ . *
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 23
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112ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 25 August 1909, Page 23
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