THE NIMROD EXPEDITION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 18 December 1907, Page 2

THE NIMROD EXPEDITION.

i'er Press Associauuu. - ' L'iiriaicauj-cii, Tuesday. Lieutenant Snuciueiun iS uei.guted mil the news that the WernwJut is to give iiiuuo towards the Aiuiroa cxKumoii, and asks that the lollowimr message be conveyed to New Zealand:— bay x find great difficulty in expressing >uy ieelings. lam deeply impressed with tiio practical sympathy your Dominion lias shown in the expedition. We are 1. ted from bedrock to a position in which our financed are souuu and satislactury. A u t so much the monetary gift delights me as the manner in which sympathy has been expressed. I feel the dominions oversea have given a lesson to the Old Country, where the apathy displayed is in marked contrast to the practical interest shown by Now Zealand and Australia."

. Wellington, Last Night. Lieutenant Sbackleton lectured on Antarctica before a very large audience in the town Hall to-night. At the conclusion he was heartily cheered. Lieut Snackleton states that all arrangements in connection with his expedition to the boutli Polar regions are progressing very satisfactorily, and he still hopes to get away on New Year's Day. uf the remainder of the staff, Sir Philip lirocklchurst arrives in Wellington tomorrow, and seven other members of the expedition will arrive in Christehurcu on Thursday. ?<*uiuvu