VALUABLE FIND
4r SPERM WHALE WASHED UP 'OS BEACH ..'•ftESS AB#oCtA«o* ' rBtSOIAJt-j BLENHEIM. July 2*. A French Pa«c settler found a fcwfl* decomposed carcase of ati 80-ioot sperm whale washed up on the about a mile from his homestead.,. With the advice and assistance, <*£ two practical whalers he manage# to recover, in spite of crude equipront. 1452 gallons of oil valued about £m and the teeth are probably worth fcW or £9O. No ambergris was found,
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21534, 25 July 1935, Page 9
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76VALUABLE FIND Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21534, 25 July 1935, Page 9
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