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MIDWINTER DAY IN THE ANTARCTIC: THE OFFICERS OF THE DISCOVER? INSPECTING THE MEN'S QUARTERS. A sort of subsidiary Christmas was held in the middle of the long Polar night. On Midwinter Day, corresponding to midsummer in the old country, the men held a festival, and the old naval custom of an officers' Christmas visit -was observed. Besides the usual loyal mottoes, there was one in honour of the New Zealand farmers, who presented the expedition with & supply of fresh mutton (Otago Witness, 12 August 1903)
THE OUTLOOK IN THE EAST. "It is reported that Russia is fortifying 80 miles of coast between Port Arthur and Dalny, building barracks throughout Manchuria storing rifleo at strategic points, and landing enormous shipments of coal at Port Arthur, while immense activity in drilling and gun practice prevails on the Russian fleet."—Cable News. General Grabholdoff Allekanslri: "Ah Hat These Japanese think they shall stop me. I shall crush them as sand. Then I shall rest awhile and well, some day I may be able to have a look at those southern possessions of John Ball." (Otago Witness, 12 August 1903)