ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
NIMROD LEAVES LYTTELTON ON TUESDAY.
[Press Association.]
CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 27
Work was resumed on tho Nimrod this morning, and the ship’s company are now busily engaged in clearing up work and getting tho vessel ready for sea. Captain Evans informed a reporter this morning that on Monday the Nimrod will be removed' from her berth at the breastwork near .the Gladstone pier to a more convenient berth at the outer end of the oast side of No. 3 wharf. - From this berth the vessel will east off on Tuesday afternoon, and will bo able to steam straight out through the moles without any preliminary manoeuvring. The vessel will sail from Lyttelton. for the Far South on the arrival of 'the 2.45 "p.m, train* front Christchurch on Tuesday. afternoon, which means that she will leave port at -about 3.30 p.m. Tho Nimrod is now in deep trim*, and her draught on sailing day. will be about the same as- when she left Lyttelton on New Year’s Day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 5
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168ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 5
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