SUICIDE WHALES
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) HOBART, March 28. Tasmania’s biggest mass burial—of about 150 whales—got under way today. The dead and dying sperm whales—measuring from 12ft to 25ft—committed suicide on Pardoe beach at Devonport on Sunday. Both the Devonport Marine Board and the local council disclaimed responsibility for their disposal. The Government finally accepted the responsibility and the Surveyor-General and Secretary for Lands, Mr F. Miles is today supervising the burial in graves scooped out by bulldozers between highwater mark and the beach sand dunes. A Devonport police inspector said today: “If they don’t get rid of them all today, it’s going to be pretty unpleasant near the beach.” In spite of the odour, 20,000 sightseers turned up yesterday to see the carcases. They include bulls, 25ft long, 15ft cows and 4ft babies. Mr F. Miles said the Japanese were quite welcome to them.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31330, 29 March 1967, Page 13
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