ANTARCTIC EXPLORING SHIPS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 199, 1 December 1910, Page 6

ANTARCTIC EXPLORING SHIPS

THE TERRA NOVA. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Wednesday,

The Terra Nova left Port Chalmers for the Antarctic punctually at 2.30 p.m. to-dav. A half-holiday was observed at the port, where an abundance of Hags was displayed and all the shipping was dressed. A vast crowd essembled on the George Street pier, ana the men manned the rigging, and much hearty cheering was exchanged. The Terra Nova was towed to sea by the Plucky. The procession down to the Heads was led by the training ship Amokura. Then followed the Terra Nova, with the tug Plucky alongside, the defence steamer Lady Roberts, with Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth (officer commanding the Otago district) and officers in uniform, and ladies on board. Crowded excursion steamers followed, and long lines of motor craft and sailing yachts brought up the rear. The pilot was dropped at the Heads, and Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Wyatt, who had travelled down from the port on the Terra Nova, were landed into the tug. The ladies on the tug exchanged keepsakes and mementoes with the sailors for the south. Outside the Heads the Amokura and Lady Roberts fired salutes of six gunS. Ensigns were dipped, and, the tug casting off, the Terra Nova steered south and the Amokura proceeded to the Bluff. The send-off was in every way a great success. ( Captain Scott, interviewed before leaving, wished to thank the people for their great kindness to him and his party. They had let them go about their business in their own way, He declined to say anything concerning the rival South Polar expedition from Norway. The expedition felt full of confidence and in excellent spirits. THE JAPANESE EXPEDITION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Yokohama, November 29. Shirose's Antarctic expedition aboard the Kainnamaru started yesterday. Experts consider that owing to inadequate preparations it is foredoomed to failure.