NEW ELECTRICAL HARPOON
SUCCESSFUL TESTS MADE SAVING IN WHALE MEAT EXPECTED X (New Zealana Press Association.) BLENHEIM. May 6. Tests carried out in the Tory Channel by Perano brothers with new electrical equipment for killing whales have been highly successful. All thfet is now required for a final answer is for a whale to put in an appearance. It is expected that the first whale of the season should be coming through the strait soon, and look-outs have been posted since the beginning of this week. The equipment has been installed in a new chaser, built at Picton, which also has had satisfactory tests. It has a speed of 32 knots. The electricity for killing the whale is generated on the chaser and transmitted to the harpoon through a thick flex. As the harpoon is fired it becomes electrified and kills the whale with a current of 240 volts. By killing whales' by electric shock a large amount of meat, which was destroyed by the explosive harpoon, will be saved for export.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25797, 7 May 1949, Page 6
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