IX DEBTEDXESS 11,000. [ J?y Electric Telegraph —Copyright'' (.United Press Association.] (-Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, September 0.
Mr Cook has promised to consider the request of ;i deputation for :i grant of £SOOO towards equipping the Aurora to bring back the Mawson party and wiping off tiie debts of the Expedition. Professor David, in urging the claims, said that the indebtedness of the Expedition was £II,OOO, towards which he had about £6OOO. He pointed out the scion Liiie importance of the Expedition to Australia, particularly as regards weather forecasting. Dr. .Mawson had succeded beyond expectations in obtaining valuable information relative to Antarctic disturbances, and many shipwrecks each year might bo averted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 6 September 1913, Page 5
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