ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 192, 23 November 1910, Page 5

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

LOADING THE TERRA NOVA. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Steam was raised on the Terra Nova this morning and the engines were given a two-hours' run. The steam trials were entirely satisfactory, the engines working extremely well. The boiler, engines and pumps have all been given a thorough overhauling, and everything in the engine department is now in first-class order. The pony stalls under the forecastle are now completed, and are ready to receive the animals, which will be brought on board on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. A start was made this morning to erect the stalls for the remaining four ponies, for whom there is not sufficient room in the forecastle. The decks have been well caulked, and stalls are being built on the port side of the main deck, between the galley and the ice-house. The structure is being built of very stout timber, and is firmly secured to the decks, as it will have to stand the onslaughts of the big seas which will be encountered on the way south. The ponies will face inboard, and the house is being completely boarded up on three sides in order to give the ponies shelter from the weather. A large staff of men were busily engaged to-day in loading the supplies obtained in New Zealand, consisting chiefly of preserved meats, condensed milk, bacon, flour, etc.