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FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916,

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS"TO"THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers

re, Coal and Generat Produce Erdicers and Commission

'Agenta.

FROPRIETORS

Coal Storage.

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PUBLIO AUCTION.

EB Undersigned have received in structions to self by Public Auction (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED), -

on

TUESDAY

the 1th July, 1918, commencing at 2.30 p, at their Sales Rooms No.s Dea Yeux Road, Corner of Ice

House Street

THE CALL OF THE SOUTH:

SHACKLETON'S SEXPEDITION.

A THRILLING NARRATIVE: TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES WRECK

OF THE ENDURANCE.".

LONDON, Juna. 2. Sir Ernest Shackleton, telegraphing from the Falkland Islanda, has given long and thrilling narrative of the expert ence of his exploring party in the Antarctic regions. In the course of his story be states

We lait South Georgia on December ein and encountered a heavy ice pack

THE

several, members of our pet

of physical and inental Heat of all landed at"

Ipacsssribly dis, and and then we re-ambarked and, moving to the beats westward, landed through the surf and ask en van

hole in the ice on a slope above reach of the waves, wine the servon of the situation caused by shortage of culminated in the tearing out of the food and Inadequate protection against vessel's stern and rudder por ani the winese dreided to endeavour to the breaking up of the reach South Georgia in order to secure help

*Ilets. Wild charge at Huphant Island and calling for volunteers took the largest boat and departed on April 24th, with Worsley, Crohn, MacNish, MoCarthy, and Vincent. We passed through the shroom loe and day after day

Look.

The logbarga, pierced are ship, and the water prermettered the pumps and extin guished the fres

ordered all hands to get on to the ice. The premura continued near the abip, and therefore I mored the equip monk away. I must hern record the expellent morale of everybody in the e the Sandwich group on December 8the progressed towards our goal, but expedition. A crank opened through the camp at midnight and the ice paraburg with the result that we were forced to

*** ČONSTANT, UNOWSTORMS AND SALES take dorious course for 1,000 miles through the icobargs. We sighted landswept over us for a fortnight. The soliqued, with a bold wind and 18 October 28th. Ab that time the ship was on January 10th. The ice had become crew, although frost hittan, were cheer degrees of frost. I moved the camp on

greas dificultien heavier and it was at this point soft inful, despite the

foremset and maiz mast had been twisted thickasss with many, ice floes extending were constantly compelled to merged to the upper dees, and ter

ons by the les pressures wh over an arow of 150 square miles. We break the ice from the aides of decided to Tand at the earlises opportunity the rudder. We sighted the aids on

PARTY'S the west coast of South Georgis during and to send the "Endurance civilisation. We discovered

A NEW LAND

tà

with 200 miles of coastline and grond glaciers discharging towards the sea. We named this Cuird Coastown.

movement at euch a time.

a clearance in a showstorm. Another

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the Ice 200 at night. A heary swoll set Fat lee pack kad pulling the hosts up isi

In at midnight, and a for split under our tent. We pulled one, man out of the

the whole party awaited daylight.uyoa z tucking ice dos caly 100 foot long. We made westward on April 10th,

Anfricans en May Ith threatened to drive We were in 60 7.9 south latitude and frater before the foen closed regather, and us on to the cliffs, and our only chance 31 18 degrees west longitude, and the was to set a realod sail. The wind nearest and with a prospect of food abeered at the moment of the may Paulet Island 5-10 miles distant serious crisis and enabled us to clear the We roorganised our equipment and saved all our scientific records, photographe, and films.

an

A series of abnortal circumstances

and reached the open sea. We met a commenced at this stage. We observed a

** The gale restarted on May 10th, and

We started on October 30th relaying high awell, which forced us to retreat to great migration of thousands of seals in the lass extremity I decided to land

northward with wyer dog teame the pack leg, and while camping at night wwards the north--an unaccounted and to endeavour to cross to the whaling dragging the provisions and sledges and on an iceberg we had to drastically reduce

Then we station on the east coast; but the party F experienced hard rorth-easterly gales, and were too weak to haul the boat up, and men bauling the boats in halt-mile relays, our equipment because the sea was too move The temperature was low and the sea, was we had to anelter behind. large berg the only course was to hold on to her all our progress being a mile a day. New heavy for the deeply-laden open bcats. amidst a surring pack. Eventually weight. We cut ber top sides off on Max Crucks and ridges impede our found ourselves, enclosed in ice which 11th, and were thereby enabled to had ments, and the danger of crossing the increasing.

The berg began to split during the A number of Lots of Books by well-ever re-opened. Summer conditions her up. Vincent and MacNish were not open cracks was increased by the presence

were non-existent and the temperature,ft to march, so I took Crean and Worsley.of killer whales, which would not hesitate night, and dawn showed that is had been known Authors including Books of

contrary to all experiences in the and began to cross the island on May to attack any men who fell in After the undermined. and that an icefoot bad Reference, French Novels, etc., etc.

Antsretie in February, was below zero 19th. The interior of the stand was fullest consideration, and Anding it devamped while we were surrounded by Two Gent's Bicycles (New) with all Probably this is the explanation of the unknown to me. Therefore I wok three impossible to move a large party across surging pick ler, which was undulating the working "ice, I lecided to camp in with the bravy swell. Our opportunity migration of animal Be There were daya" provisions and a cooking stove, and signs of the ice opening about the middle started on a ruagh and labouricus march the vicinity of the wreck and to salve come at noch on April 11th, when the of February, and therefore, despite over glaciers, ridges, and snow fields, to be stores, my intention being ta depandien opened suddenly. We fung our boats shortage of coal, we decided to attemps

» height of 1000t. We reached the upon the northerly dots and the mummer into the sea over the ice foe or the to break out. In 40 degrees of frost by Stromness whaling station on the after-break-up. We reached a heavy ict floe" on October 31ab. and there made our the end of February.. the old and young noon of May 20th, this being the fit

ocean camp. 811 Icepacks bad cemented together, and time the island had been crossed. We it was impossible either to land or to received every asistance from the extricate the ship."

manager, who despatched a whaling veenel

Accessories,

One New Remington Typewriter

No. 10 Visible:

Terms--Cash.

HUGHES &'BOUGH,

AuchONCET&

Hongkong, July & 1915.

PUBLIO

AUCTION. HE Undersigned tave received in 15 structions to sell by Public Auction,

TUESDAY,

the 11th July, 1816, commencing at 1.30 pm, at their als Rooms, No. 8

Des Yeux Road, Corner of ... Ice House Street,.

"VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD FURNITURE,

&c...

Ali As Follows

"We salved more stores from the ship by cutting through the main deck and

MYRÉETINA" DENG

and proceeded westward throughout the alight without finding a place to camp. Woroved dining april 12th towards the

"We drifted across Weddell Ses the same night to bring the remainder of grappling oat 100 cases of food, and in west. Our position was anxious because-

embodied in the icepock, and fearing always that the pressure would crush our ship in Twenty dogs died during this time When the ice pressure increased in June and July

the party around.

The generous Norwegian whalers obtained volunteer crew equipped a whaling vessel, and started southward on May 26th, in the hope of rescuing my grew, but their repeated attempt to get Immense blocks of ice were thrown to the southward were frustrated by the about and great les ridges srose, so that ice. A larger vasal could have succeeded, shortage of coal. We wo prepared for the worst, There wasnt there was

THE PERIL BECAME GREATER.

the meantime we prepared three boat for a sea journey.

PER" ENDCHLANGE.""

a great crash on August 1st, when the reluctantly turned northward to seek on December 23rd, the foe appear pressure drove the "Endarasco bodily assistance at the Falklands.”

out of the ice and hurted her before"a gala. She stood the strain, but her rudder was damaged. She encountered another and more severe crushing is EXPLORERS WORN OUT SEVERAL September, and she emerged from the flee in the middle of October. "Drifting towards New South Greenland, the vessel

FURTHER DETAILS.

MEN STRANDED.

LONDON, June 2.

it howed that despite dar efforts ince April 9th the current was drifting us to the eastward. We failed to find a camping place on April 12th and wo freened our boate on the iceside of an teeberg in a heavy swelled

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ice cutting the rope. We sighted the cliffs of South Georgis during a break in

snowstorm and stood in towards the land, but we observed the sess spouting upon some uncharted reefs, and healed CR for the night. The wind increased to

a hurricane on the ninth day,

י

*Enotions was were running on a

dead co-shore, and we saw nothing of

on the tenth day not to attempt to go around the Island, but to beach the bost

and to, try to rass to the east coast. - Wa

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AUCTIONS.

November 20th. We drifted November 60 miles, coris rds The December drift was equally

The yind suddenly shifted and drove disappointing as the northerly gales the boats against the berg, and in frequently drove be back after we had consequence we had to cut the painters: made good progress. We left Ocean and escape to the open sen,, which was

PUBLIC AUOTIO SA freezing. Several men suffered from ing class enough to permit us to travel, exposure. We decided on April 19th to

PARTICULARS and Conditions of tha and we marched day and night in deep rin northward in order to strito Flephant the land until the afternoon when letting by Public Auction Sale, to be snow, hauling the boats, cutting our way Island, because it was hopeleen to try between auslis wa found wo were drift held on NDAY, the 10.B. Day of July, through the ridges. The party with the to make Deception Island. We passed"-ing towards & clif.” Une chance remained 1918, at 3 pm at the Office of the Public Indian

Carpets and Bugs (New),

boats advanced nine miles in five days, through open pack ice, where it was to us. We set a roofed sail, and, fortu Woks Departurent by Order of and then rotten See mode it impossible difficult to manzuvre the boats. One of rately, the boat stood the strain, and Evasilane the Governor Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and

Colony to proceed further. On December 28th them had a hole store, in above the kept as with continous baling. The OWN LAND

Hough Molas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture,

the boats were sinking through the ice waterline The wind increased to a gale, wind shifted at the very crisis, thereby term of 75 years with the option of Double and Single Brass-mounted Bed steads, Sideboard, Dinner Waggons, was again caught in the ice floe and was In a more extended message recording Sometimes varions units were isolated and as we were driven out of the pack enabling us to clear the land. Td view penovala a Crown Reus to be and by

for one further term of 75 Years Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, leaking so badly that the pumps had this Foyage tharugh the Antarctie, Sir upon separate floor; and we were faroed we ran until night and then here to onof the condition of the parts, I decided the Surveyor of His Hoy the King,

to retreat and to re-establish the Patience the high sea, the boats being weighted

Particulars of the kinki Tes and Occasional Tables, etc., etc. be worked. On October 15th to pressure Ernest Shackleton states

"We prepared to winter in the middle Camp, where we passed January, down with ice from the freezing spray Large Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass, threw the Endurance upon her beam-

of February. It way a mild winter, with February and March, slowly driting to The crew of the boat Stencombe Wills" Ware including Cut-glass, Cooking

the usual blizzards, and the lowest the north. Our ice fee grew small under are suffering greatly through not having Staves, Cutlery, Toket Bets, Ice Chests,

We left the "Endurance and began temperature recorded 67deg. of frost. attack from neighbouring icebergs and water, and it was impossible to give them etc., Bath Room Utensils, etc. a quantity, to edge northwards at the rate of The Eadunges daifted south-west-gales, and it was fitfully reduced to an

We sighted Elephant Island on April of Electro Plated Wares

mile a day, but we abandoned the journey ward, and the most southerly point area of 100 yards square. We shot ve 14th 40 miles away. There was a stream to haul it up, so we hung on all night. as it was full of dangers and we returned reached was latituds Tideg, longitude dog teams in January owing to

head wind sad little progress could be We cut the top aldes at the boat away *Callle" Fortable Motor with Battery, to a camp near the ship. We dritted 35deg. west. We continued a zig-zag.

rada as the gale increased. Our biggest on the eleventh day, and we were than ata, complete (practically New), Pianos northwards upon the foe for two montha drift across Weddell Sea to the north- in good condition. Blectric Reading The Endurance sank on Novembar westward, immovably hard in the It became also necessary to put the bost the James Calza, took the able to haul it up in a bay Alled with Lampe,

Blackwood and Teakwood 20th. After sledging northwards for nine ies pack. Meanwhile we were carrying party, spas, stringent rations because of Stencombe Wills in tow and dragged ice. On May 12th we launched the bost out general scientiño work, and in iowa. dearth, of seals and a limited hunting her along all the night through a high again, and on May 15th we reached the Screens, & quantity of Blackwood Furni miles in five days the broken ice com ture, Pictures, Engravings, a few 01 Folled us to establish the Patiento Campot the possibility of the pressure we placed radius. We crossed, the Antartic Circle Cross sea, furiots gale and driving now, head of King Hasken Eay

where we remained for three months. our sledging stores on deck and trained in January, and passed through February midnight the Dudley Docker die Faintings Enameled Bath Tube, We continued our motherly drift upon our dogs for emergencies, Twenty of the without any hops of escape. The winter appeared. On the morning of April 15th wumber of Bolls of Mattings, etc, a few a small foo and shot five deg teams, dogs grew sick, and some of hiera dis commenced in the middle of March, with landed on a small beach at the north lets of Bentwood Chairs (New), Beth owing to shortage of food. We crossed appeared on April 14th, but returned later low temperaturas, long nights, and heavy end of the island, where there were Towels, etc.

ibe Antarctic Circle in January and om. After

INACCESSIBLE CLIFT 109 days in the ice there was blazerda IT DIRE THATS

immediate landing was necessary weighted the South Shetland Islands

we he had neither, water nor

£360

(Full Particulars from Catalogue.).

ends on the ice, and all hands had to camp on the ice 800 miles from land.

+P.

A MOMENT OF GRATE ANLIETI

EZCATAGE OF FOOD

warm food.

managed to beach the boat at dusk in a small cove, but

WE WENT TOO-, WEAK

I started across the island on May 19th, and, as the interior was quite un known to me, I tock no equipment except tree days" provisions and a cooking stove. After 36 hours, of continuous marching 1 covered 80 miles

| on April 7th. We launched three beats about the middle of April, when the ice shortage of fuel, and the possibility of owing to the condition. "of the parly LovER GLACIERS... MOUNTAINBRIDGES, AND

Teams - Cash.

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Auctioneers.

July 6, 1916

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on April 8th, and when the ice opened „sa, rowed northward through masson of ice pack and camped on an ice foe for the night. We reached

berg. She was saved only by a sudden

Our tents were worn out. There was reaching Paulet Island had disappeared.

he

PUBLIC AUCTION,

HE Underaigned have received is SyrzaME COURT, to sell by Public

structions from Tax Ero Auction

WEDNESDAY,

the 12th July, 1016, at

pack drove the ship towards a stranded change in the drift

The mensco of the ice pressure began

as

SNOW FELD

and mental collapse, An inspection of moonlight. This was the fine tune South

capproximusta,)

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LE WHICH ARE VESTEDŠTEK ANAKKU Dr.

we were drifting rapidly northward, and hot food for two days, and all our

ertherly swell indicated the proximity equipment was nodden, while several of (from 2,400 to 4,000 feet above sea level. THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANDE of open water. On March 23rd we sighted the men were on the verge of physical. I made good progress saated by the the distant peaks of Joinville Island in

Antarcticus. but an impenetrable ice belt precluded any attempt at crossing to the land. We sighted: Clarence, Taland, the

opez 586 on April 10th, but heavy in June, what the los rose to the northern extremity of West the beach abowed that it was covered with Georgis, was crossed. I reached Stron

which wo rowed westward.

1.

water daring the high spring tides, and that it would be impossible for us to

remain there.

mess on the afternoon of May 20th. I wish to record the practical sympathy

THE RAILWAY:PASSENGERS

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TOTAL FUNDS "AF BLAR

Authorised Capit

c2011 close to the ship. The premure swall forced us to retreat to the pack ice more intense in July, and there where we waited for two days, after werd aminous signs that the ship would

extended to me by Sorlies, Hanson, Bern- Several mea era suffering from not escape. The ice rosa in ridges most esatesy of the South ShetlanÍSA OD Hent Frankwill pa April 15th to een, and Jacobsen, the managers of the exposure, sad shortage of water, and it high, and ground into the foes shed April 7th. and barowe, had a narrow search for safer landing. The part

four wheling stations off the island was impossible to warm the food about, and as the shocks were cat the ice pack, missed in by only 200 yarila ere, nearly, blown out to wes oing to hastened to equip z whalez, and Capta

Too blocks weighing 20 tons were thrown

escape as a great berg, driving through proceeded westward on April 173 but fealising in urgency, of the case, they

Deception Island, and we headed noriations for the worst, and completed them Finals, we gave up all hope of reaching municated to the ship we made prepara The swell on April 8th caused the fine strong winds and the waskiess of most Them volunteers to commander hard ward for Elephant Inland, which was alghted on April 13th,:40 miles distant, or August Ju. While I was examining upon which our camp was,pched to split of the men. We landed again through abtelned volcnteer crow, and, after hard | 17-Fire Funde.!

lalo pisces.

heavy euri, but we found the beach to work had the whaler ready for sea by III-Life & Anosby

Elating Fund -Account- As the Ice opened we launched three be untenable in heavy gales. Immedi- the morning of May. Bard almost falaking our expedition. We in the ice slope above the resah of the entered a large ares of pack Ice, but made northward, rowing through masses way. I had no hesitation

in leaving

A strong wind hindered our progress, and the does during a board, the coplc

under my feet, and I had just time to

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(-15 Noon, at their Sales Rooms, No.3 gale blew all night and in the course of Tinh aboard the vessel when the pressure Data, and then tide-rip and driving ice Lately afterwards, however, we cut a hole. We startin south on May 20th, and |

Des Yeux, Road, Corner of Ics HOUSE STREET,

Seven case of BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS forming one of the finest Collections in the Hait, comprising

Clarified and set Specimens of Butter Mies and Moths properly labelled with dates and place of capture, covering including the North and West Rivers," "and hiscan, and Java, Borneo and Timor with exchange specimens for comparison from Europe, Africe, America and other parts of Asia than, South Chine etc, and a large chadtity Iare Butterflies and Moths China, Timor, Borneo,

dentified. Was recently

ble expense

wo wore, severely frost-bitten.& furious.

took us. With

die

this the boat Dunlay Docker appeared. We reached Elephant Island on Ap1 15th; with all our equipment

PUBLIC ACOTION.

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stractions to sell by Public Anction, (POR ALICORICE OF THE COMULKNED) J

WEDNESDAY the12th July 1916, at Noon, at their Sale Roca, No. 8. Des Your Road, Corper of

THREE ENGLISH POINTER PUPS, MALES

8 WEEKS OLD

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the ** Endurance was hove bodily out of the ice, and was flung before the gale against masses of driven fon

* The "wosso stood the strain, and, fortunately,the premeure coased. At midday the shy heeled over

out of the water, showing a split in har rydder Thenceforth she was the focus active: pressure. A bad caught her inSeptember, her

buckling her bene

clear but we brok

In Weink

Octobe hope

LOSING WEIGHT

BY THE POUND

Under Weight," a condition of lil-health, shows your aseit flalive powers are decreasing

WATERBURY'S

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Wild in charge of the main party on Elephant Talent as his udgment, ability, And experience bad teen valuable sente to the

APPARENTLY PART 2 THE WEATHER 'WA

·thers was constant bilerard: The

James Caird aud cent

with sledze

niärelle scena:

cwing to tire unprotected colition of trawler, we were compelled to stand the northward Wo renewed our attempt to escape on May 27th further westward and, finding streams of pack ice to tal

wo hed to stand to

tha_north mate

farm!

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