| Description | Written from 10 Porchester Square, Hyde Park, W.
States it was very stupid of him to forget about Larmor's £4. He will send him a cheque at once. They had a meeting of the Antarctic Finance Committee this afternoon at which Admiral Aldrich attended on behalf of the Admiralty at their request. He thinks the result was satisfactory and that the Admiralty will take over the stores which Markham ordered without their authority and pay for them.
They have, however, passsed a resolution expressing their dissatisfaction with his conduct, stating that they will not be responsible in future for anything ordered without their express authority. Markham, it turns out, gave the order after he knew the Admiralty was going to undertake the whole business. He is a strange creature. |