RIVAL EXPLORERS.
DR COOii'S CLAIMS RECOGNISED. HONOURED BY NEW YORK CIIY. UnitctlPress Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph CopyrightReceived September 24, 8.30 a.m. NEW YORK, September 23. The Bward of Aldermen of New York, has resolved to give Dr Cook, the Polar explorer, a public tion, and to confer on him the freedom of the city. The resolution adopted by, the board formally recognises that Dr. Cook discovered the North Pole. COMMANDER PEARY EXASPERATED. Received September 24, 9.25 p.m. NEW YORK, September 24. Commander Peary is so exasperated at Dr. Cook's welcome that he has announced that he will not accept' public honours nor attempt to controvert Dr. Cook's claim. He will remain in seclusion at his summer home at Eagle Island in Maine until scientists have examined all the records. Dr. Cook's frankness made an excellent impression in New York, and Commander Peary's abusive messages and jealousy have irritated the public. He is blamed for refusing to allow Captain Bartlett to ac company him over the last one hundred miles ! because Captain Bartlett was an Englishman. He admits that Captain Bartlett did all the rough work.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9604, 25 September 1909, Page 5
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184RIVAL EXPLORERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9604, 25 September 1909, Page 5
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