RECORD CATCH.
732 Whales Yield 63,500 Barrels Of Oil. VALUE £350,000. (Received 11 a.m.) HOBART, this day. Tie Norwegian whaler N. T. NielsenAlonso reached port from a four months , cruise in the north Antarctic, resulting in the capture of 732 whales, yielding 63,500 barrels of oil. The catch is worth approximately £350,000, a world's record, but it is expected that the whaler C. A. Larsen, still at work in the Ross Sea, will exceed thie figure.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 43, 20 February 1929, Page 7
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