BYRD S DOGS.

Shannon News, 26 April 1929, Page 2

BYRD S DOGS.

WORK IN NEW ZEALAND. PROFESSOR FAVOURS PROPOSAL AUCKLAND, April 12. The proposal of the Government to utilise the 15 dogs attached to the Byrd expedition to haul material from the Hermitage at Mount Cook to the Malte Brun hut for the reconstruction of the building there .is considered by Professor Algie to' be a very good one.

Professor Algie is one of the most frequent visitors-to Mount Cook. He stated to-day that he considered the statement of Mr W. H. Nicholson, of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral As3ociation, that the dogs were likely to be a menace was exaggerated. "I can recall during a visit to Mount Kosciusko, in New South Wales, in 1916 that there were some of these dogs there then for show," he said. "The idea was. I believe, to attract tourists and to add to the realism'of the conditions. No one feared them and, they did not prove themselves a menace in any way." Piofessor Algie said that the very best answer to any criticism was the fact that limes Taylor, a man who had had a life experience with dogs would be in charge of\ them all the 'time. There was Tittle likelihood that they would escape. "The suggestion to use them to haul material is a very good one, especially as the winter is approaching," Professor Algie added. '' Time will be saved, because otherwise men would have to be employed to haul loads a distance of 14 miles. In summer horses could be used. The country is extremely rough and these dogs would no doubt relish the work."