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their waluacrites and devotion that the sick men, were brought back safely in tim bar. That two men ware kork on he sen ime in math mucimens which all wine tenvel

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case sought unsuccedelly to make the ght his way to Lat. deg 27 S., † builders responsible for the damage. The was one of the most wonderful achieve vesel in question was a steal serray ments of Folar explorations that had been staviner" named the Ajana, built by a complished. And if a man has seldom Myhe firm, Masses, Russoll and .. Por enter triumph, schlom has

lasgow, for the Australia Sreaurship Company, and intended for the Australian Pride Serending to the specification the vel was to be built to bloyd's require

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A VERY WONDERYCI FLIT.

Mr A Gordon Shackleton's unvarnished tale of the | Mr V. Goulbourn altars rested, and they consequently more

Soyage of the small bout through 750 Mr P. J. Gray

Mr R Grimshaw away, the whole of dich parts of theses of stonay seas to South Georgia, Mr and Mrs W.

when he wept to get asistunes for his Hannibal ship beventing distorted, twisted), und

companions?, fails to do justice to very Mr G. Tarper backed.

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Harvey print the perils of that journey and Mr O. Henderson

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here Shackle scceeded. Is wi

Swif Mr L. E. & F teirmpit of great darisig towned with Me Shelton BoogerMr FG Thompson

E. & Hodge Hodging Mrs of the pillars, and that there was no

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world. With ship suitable for his Mr R. W. Kendall making salonlations themselves. II found that the plans were submitted and purpose, but the best that could be found Mr W. Kien approved in the owners" bebulf by the to break through the curion of drifting ice

in those waters, he tried again and again Mr C. King superintending engineer, but, in hise pinion. This approval was dot intended- which surrounded Elephant Island at that time of the year... Three times he was To relics, and did not relieve, the ship bated by the weather. But of Shackle Mr D. K. Blair handers from any warranty of obligation to I think we

Mr D. Mulder and application ineuntent upon them under the contract "failure" is not to be found in

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he had personally led Shackleton night| well have rested on his out. He had “la bis judgment Mr. Justice Sankey done enough for honour. But his task held that there was no evidepué of ang and duty, as he saw it, was not yet Mrs. R. Almond Mr J. Josepb conthiet between the steamship company accomplished. There were

till MrJ.R.. Anderson Mr G.D. Macdonald

Authorised Cavital ✪, Bangertian : Mr G. Matheson Mr A number of facts had imprisoned in the How Sen. They werer R. H. Beavan" and Lloyd's.

Mrs McGee been pleaded in order to establish the not, as we who knoy the Antarctic Mr W. Budze

Mr W. Morley inference that there was such a contract. thought, in great peril, but it was nees- Miss M. E. Ballen The only contract was between the ship- sury to bring them off and Shackleton Mrs Chadbourne Mr D. Muchall

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Me B. James Register owed to the shipbuilders in connection with the ship?-Mr. Justice Sankoy again relied on the fact that there was no contract except between the ship- owner and shipbuilder; Lloyd's Register inspecting and passing the vessel. The only duty which Lloyd's Register owed was to the builders. The only persons doing work on the shipowners property were the builders. Lloyd's Register were only asked to approve of the plags of the véssel, and then to see whether the vessel had been built in accordance with those plana, and, following compliance with the plans, to wane their certificate, Me Justice Sankey we do satisfied thn the shipowners had no contract with Lloyd's Register, and that to latter owed no daty to the former, that ho gayo his judgment on this point, and felt it

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