Friendly Rivalry Between Capt, Byrd and Sir H, Wilkins London, Oct. 11
All i ins point to. Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, who left New York for Monte Video on Septem. ber 21 on a steamer taking with 1 two aeroplanes and their pilots, and Commander Byrd, whose Antaretie expedition, with 82 men and fon bonnd, sailed n August 25 for Dunedin, in New Zealand, being the friendliest of rivals in an effort to fly to the South Pole.
'A message from Monte Video states that Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, was greeted by large crowd on his arrival on the str. mander Byrd's expedition, adding. that he would probably proceed to on October 24 to, message from San Pedro, California, reports that Commander Byrd left to-day on board a whaler for Dunedin, in New Zealand, where he will join his three shi Before his departure he declared that he wanted to ce-operate with "other expeditions" and offered Captain Wilkins the use of ° his landing facilities—Reuter,
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