THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
A READY RESPONSE. VARIOUS INTERVIEWS. Received 12, 10.50 p.m. London. February 12. The Admiralty lias issued a minute regretting the loss of Captain Scott and his comrades. It says that their lives proved the constancy and resolution with which they carried out their duty. The Lords of the Admiralty consider that their loss should be regarded as if they had been killed in action. Their story would long be remembered with honor by the navy. The Geographical Society has- received a cable from Peary expressing his sympathy at the heroic, deaths. He adds that their names will be the Southern Cross of Antarctic exploration. The committee of the Antarctic expedition has issued a national appeal. The Daily Chronicle has given £2OOO to the Scott fund, Sir James Caird £SOO, Mr. Rothschild £250, and Peary £2O. SYDNEY'S RELIEF FUND. Received 13, 12.35 a.m. ; Sydney, February 12. Before any publicity was given to the movement the Lord Mayor spontaneously received nearly £OOO towards the Scott fund, including £lO5 from Anthony Horderh and £IOO each from Mrs. Walter Hall and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 227, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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185THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 227, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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