THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1911. DR MAWSON'S EXPEDITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10460, 26 October 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1911. DR MAWSON'S EXPEDITION.

Until Dr Mh>Avson qmite recently made it clear that ttie object of h.'s mission to a portion of the coastline of Antarctica, is geographical, and may have practical value, quite a large number of people thought that the proposed M'avsori expedition was nnore or less a counter part of the Sh'ackleton and Scott expeditions to the South Polar regions. That possessed great scientific interest, biro gave little, if any, p.omdse of practical advantage beiing pained therefrom. This view of i,i;« Maw son exploratory expedition was evidently, an erroneous one; and now that it is | certain that the entap'ise does not set out to dash for the south geographical pole, but ii! add to fio knowledge, and probn.liy the sioi;H, of Australia, greater general interest is being manifested in the hazardous undertaking. "We a«v going," says Dr Maweop, "to chart 2500 miles of unknown coastline—l<> discover harbours and «o forth, so that they can be readily visited from

Australia* We don't/ intend xo go very fiar inland. I'iia. interest' r-g / belt is that within 100 w 200 miles ! of the coast. :>ur journeys will bu-V| mostly dog sJedging along the coast, * There will be : ./2 tiK-n altogether u. 1 the expedition. Twenty-five will be J pexmanetmly attached to the Aurora, ' and 27 will be lauded in three p. r -, ties along the »:otut, ai interval- 0 j about- 100 miles." As to the ob : Aci^& o f the expedition, l)r Mawson "The part of the Jaiul b- Min' . i qv -\l most prospects :s that nea Uv _ tralia. ToiJhatiart my > attent ,/ n will be particularly d- octed Aus tialia has a chauc-, I, s uw> a^ncy ~ the exploration, \ HJ ckim .. large portion of t , xritoryi Sly object is to P p JcViti w . thig most to :rati&} , charts and a . plans 0 , ;u and colk df . ia . our () ., r . tywil letter. ~,,_,. ;. n ,,<jd than "a ay <>««■> which has sot cut. It is a esped'.tloi, fi.hered as: •' backed by the Amt.ehisian Associa-

tion for the Advancement of Science. is olid ;u:-j of the vecy best.'"" Australia should reap an ad- ' vantage front the' expedition. Dr. : MSaws'on ...says: "J am convinced that 'this Exploration is to be of pernjanent advantage to Australia. It will, moreover, afford the word an opportunity of seeing what Australians can do. The project is well I founded and well set out. I feel I confident that the residents of the I Commonwealth will not allow it to languish for want of funds. It is a big project, which has had the eff 3ci> of bringing Australia prominentV before European .countries. It presents Australia in a new light. Australia gains the prestige of being strong enough to investigate and claim new territory." It is expert (ed that the expedition will leave Hobart for the ice regions' about December Ist.