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SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON,

Tribute to Master Mariner and Explorer.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,

ar expedition which was to bring him fame that even in his wildest dreams he could hardly have-hoped- for. In this expedition he led his party to within 100 miles of the Scuth geographical pole, blazing the trail across the Beardmore glacier. His book, The Heart of the Antarctic, tells the story of that great human effort,

His next venture was to cross the Autaretic continent from the Wed-

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THE SYDNEY BRIDGE

Work Equal to Best

in World."

SAYS MR. ERNIS.

Mr. Lawrence Ennis, of Dormeu,

In the newly erected auditorium dell to the Ross Sea. Everything Long and Co., Ltd., addressed the of the Royal Geographical Society was in readiness when suddenly Institution of Engineers at the

a distinguished gathering met to the war came. Feeling that it was

und disaster

on tho

Mr. Ennis said that at the peak

The fabrication of the bridge,

Abso-

pay homage to a master mariner, no time for such a project, he offer- Sydney Conservatorium who, in his short but active life, ed to abandon the undertaking but night of March 29. had become one of our greatest the King ordered him to carry on. Polar explorera, the late Sir Ernest The story of that expedition, the Shackleton. The members of that loss of his ship the Endurance and of the bridge contract 1,400.men world-famed society had thought it all that followed is an epic in the were engaged, at a weekly pay roll| fitting to erect a memorial in the history of Antarctic exploration. of £9,000. wall of their House in the form of Success was missed by a fraction, a full-sized statue of the explorer to be followed by misfortune in her proceeded Mr. Ennis, was more im- showing him as he would appear most demoniac mood. Only a leader in the icebound lands which he did of Shackleton's calibre and in-portant than its erection. so much to make known.

trepidity could have extricated his lute accuracy was essential. There At the meeting preceding the un party, from such a hopeless situr bad caused him great concern, not- were members in the bridge which velling, touching tributes were paid tion. The lines of Kipling's “If”—

withstanding the research work by the Society's President, Admiral, If you can meet with triumph he had carried out in England. “I Sir William Goodenough, Lord. Zet-j land and that friend and adviser to; all Polar explorers, Doctor Hugh Mills. In the words of these men seem to have been written for that rot done any large heavy bridge My anxiety there rang a deep sincerity, and boy who went into the Merchant work in Australia. with unparelleled clarity Shackle Navy from Dulwich College, Ernest was whether I could get men whe ton's life was portrayed to a degree Shackleton.

could operate machines and fabri hardly conceivable. His nature,

Amongst the great assembly who cate the members of the magnitude of this. bridge. We had like that of most men possessed of came to pay trbate on January 9

rivets 18in. long, and 1%in. creative genius, was a complexity. were a few of those who, a short

in diameter to be driven through A dreamer yet a fighter, a poet yet generation ago, bad ventured South the top of the great arch. I have an organiser, but always a leader. to that ice-bound land of which soj As with so many other boys of little is known. Some of these were! his time the romance of the sea officers of the Merchant Navy who heavier rivets to be handled by got hold of him, and at the age of had answered that inexplicable men, and I am pleased to tell you 16 he went forth from Dulwich voice that makes one leave comfort that after some little experience my doubts were dispelled by my con- College to endure the rough life in and security for all that is

tact with you men. (Cheers.) The The re the forecastle of a sailing ship. diametrically opposite.

work on that bridge is equal to the His letters, even at that early age plicas of such men might have and amidat such surroundings, been seen on the decks of the ships very best in the world." (Renewed showed the sterling character that in the adventurous days of Eliza, cheers.)

Any doubts which might be held so beth. The visible fashions had in later years endeared him

dis- much to those whose privilege it changed but the spirit was just the as to the foundations were was to have him as their leader. same.

pelled by Mr. Ennis, who said that

And treat these two imposters came here," he said, "with anxiety and fear because I knew you have just the same,

nover

known more dificult

or

It was while serving as an officer Down through the history of this diamond drill bores were put down in the Union-Castle Line that he country the merchant seamen have to a distance of 60 feet to prove received his appointment to the ever been in the vanguard of the there were no weakbesses below. This practice proved invaluable, Discovery Expedition, led by the march towards its greatness,

аду

Jate Captain Scott. In that great though some of our historians for an unknown, unused tunnel was Polar venture Scott showed his ap- would have us believe that these found, at the spot where the east- preciation of Shackleton's charac- were all King's men. What claim ern pier beyond the northern pylon, ter and ability by including him in has the Royal Navy on the brothers had been crected.

"I am glad to say the tests have his first Southern sledge journey. Cabot, Hawkins, Willoughby, Chan- When the relief ship came in the cellor, Frobisher, Drake, Hudson, been successfully carried out, and following year Shackleton was in- Cook, and last, but not least, that the State engineer and his as- valided home. In this decision of Shackleton In the hearts of many sistants are well satisfied." said "There has been im- the leader there has always been a ot our embryo officers to-day there Mr. Ennis. mystery. It can only be said that lies latent the spirit of these men posed upon the bridge a weight if his health was in such a perilous whose names are as milestones in never before imposed on

It has now! state he did not show it. He now this country's progress and it wants bridge in the world.

The celebrations had one ambition, one aim in life but a spark to set such aflame. The been opened.

to lead an expedition across the Master of the Merchant Navy, the have been successfully carried out. frozen wastes of Antarctica to the Prince of Wales, made an unfor- It is a good sight to those of us most southerly point. Such a pro-gettable appeal the other evening who have been engaged in its con- ject had to bide its time. In the to the youth of this nation; will struction for the past seven years meantime this master mariner ex- that appeal find its way to the to ace the people enjoying the use plorer displayed that extraordinary heart of some youngster serving of it." (Applause.)

He thanked the engineers for adaptability of most of his calling under the red ensign?-who knows. For a time he was secretary to the Perhaps the Elizabethan

their kind support during ita con- Royal Scottish Geographical So-seam too far away, but is there any struction and also the Australian ciety, then secretary to the famous need to strain one's imagination companies that served Dorman, B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for Clyde shipbuilder, the late Sir Wil- when we have an example near Long and Co. with materials. 1st and 2nd class passengers.

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Sh Ernest Shackleton, Master In the year 1907 he sailed in the Mariner.-J.H.B. n Nautical Maga- little ship Nimrod at the head of zine.

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