MOUNT EVEREST.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 9

MOUNT EVEREST.

1 AN :ARLV monsoon. THE EXPEDITION HELD UP. PARTY NOT Do\\’.\'-HEt\lt’l‘ED. l _— United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 26, 3.0 pm.) . LUNDQN, May '25. A copyright message from Mr Hugh Huttledge. at camp 3, says: ":Since April 21 the conditions have been ex—tremely battling. A monsoon arrived at the Darjeeling hills on April 23, and here on the 24th” when heavy snow tell. The previous snow never left. the mountain, the gentle wind not being sunicieut to remove it. “I brought the putty to Camp 3 again, so we are ready, but will not invite disaster by premature advance while the slopes of the North LlOl are in a dangerous state. Avalanches are now falling. “We must hope that the present abnormal monsoon will he succeeded by a period of calmer weather. We are by no mEetns down-hearted." Another source. from Calcutta, says ‘that. fears that; the early monsoon will ruin the chances of success have been ‘intenstfled by reports or almost con—--Itinuous snow received at. the Alipore ‘Ubservatory from the expedition. WIRELESS PROGRAMMIS RECEIVED AT iliilt‘xll’l‘ 0F 21,500 Fl-Zi‘l'l‘. (Omclal \\'ireiessl) RUGBY, May ‘25. The British Broadcasting Corporalion has received a telegram from Lieutenant \\'. it. Smyth—Wlndhzun, wire—less signals oii'icer \\'ith the expedition which is making an assault on Mount. Everest. 110 states that in NO. 3 Camp, at a height of 21.5001't., there has been good and regular reception of Empire programmes on short-wave.