ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
DR MAWSON’S EXPEDITION. ■CORDIAL RESPONSE TO APPEAL EOR FENDS. .[UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPTEIGHT.J LONDON, May 10. Sir E. Shackle-ton has been promised, in response to his appeal, valuable supplies for Dr Mawson’s equipment. A “West Australian resident' contributes £IOOO, and Madame Melba £IOO, making the Mawson fund £9OOO. Lieutenant 'Hugh Watkins, of the Essex Regiment, will be the pilot of Dr Mawson’s monoplane. It is to be manufactured by Vickers, Sons and 1 Maxim. It will have a screen to protect the pilot and passengers from the cold. The monoplane will be employed in mapping and surveying. It takes at the southernmost depot sufficient petrol for a single flight to the pole and to return to the depot, a. distance of 250 miles.
ADELAIDE CITIZEN’S DONATION. (Received May 11, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 11. Mr. W. A. Horn, of Adelaide, who is visiting London, has contributed £IOOO .towards Dr. Mawson’s expedition.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3216, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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152ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3216, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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