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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 10

FLYING SQUADRON.

FOUR WHALERS IN PORT,

■MODLKX JfET.JIOI).S UP CAPITUK

1 Slrifiigts craft which' attracted sohio inn ice- ivhc'U ll'iey steamed isp (lie harbour sjiprjly Wliiro'it p't'lacfc yesterday att.eiv jiooii rere four siciViii- whalers, which had conic ,'vll:. the \\;iy from exploit: IJiii wj)a'!ji)g; seas alpii}.' tho Xew o'oa.rt.Lsi ,'iJrfy -.jirb Hriiii.- liplp ii;iinted -i(ar!; grey, '-with-bla'ck I'si'ivn'pis, barred by ii bi cail band of- white, from wlikdi .(iliiiuls .but in led the

"Z," Thiey. are tile pr.opvr.ly of ihe. N'ov /.calami Wlialiii!.' Company, the principal sliai'oh.oijioi- in which is; ClJj.iv 'Xielsgn, •pi-,-l.arvik, X'onvay, Tl.i?yhi'-s; all manned ivi'tii X.orwegKiu. prows.''t.liro.iigiio.u.l,. IJuV, ■' tiny fiy tin.' ml .<eis'<;;r. . .; ; '.r'liii "flotilla which. lias arrived romprises ioar .-'mall vessels, tho-'Hi-.-vl; and i :lio Eag.lt',. (wo lies' sti-el. boats of ii'i tons , •"vo-.v register, and twlv ; siiia!ie.r ;: biics ■of .yip 1 - ions, which' have seen three; years' soi - ■: vice. .oil' ilio Iceland am! 'Sh'ptlaiul, coasts,, and which have. 'beeii. renamed ior thefr , Nov.- Zealand commission, Wisauyarei and Whiing.ii'nii. JCvcry lsoal carries a crew ;. ot j:i, a.U told, iiml they liavo Biyned on for two years... * i; , VS;:',-... \ ■ ■ It.'.'is almost'needless''ip.'.'sa'y..'.thafr,'sucu.:' smail' craft cannot carry e.'w'iancos for treating; Slui. whiles when they lire.'cap-;. ;(mcd : . .They' a.io he; tl.viug- sciuadi'pii, which will c!"u-.m>-Hie "iish," us whalers will cail iho wli'alo, get- last, to it, kill. it, ami t-ow it to another shim whore, it caii. -lie treated. 'i'ho-s parent ships have stiil 'tb:'.:ari;iyc-:■ S-lTirstf-:e?xxipct ; ed'. is; tiiii* steamer ItakiuraV.' of. GOjOO.toiiSi, liicil. 1 shouTfi reach ■ : West'i)'6rt ; abqut';SumVay;;b in-? left; Fremantle on,the. putwani voyage on .limo- 1». .This ship, is -fitted with all - modern equipment for making use ot ever-v pari ct th* animal, pr .most ui : she valuable ■patls-.',';. The residue of boisos and . coarse ife-U will bo made into • immures bii tlie l)ai;nue : I'riiice George,: vthc other.l!avenl.'.~hip.O!.t.hc lieet.. ]lc;r >vh«rea.JOiU;; ■is not - Kuoivii exactly, but she >*!>»:'he ' voyage out, and■' she v.ill ]om the licet. -at- diussell, Ilay.pf'.lsland-. . -. . ■ ■ 111 the hows of every one oi; : the .ipir.wluiler.s ill port is I'.xed a siici't swnot Etin from which a. heavy siee'i" tipped with - a ehaviie ;>f. t"'" 1 - truii-eut to ii". i s.: ; fi rod... r I his is ii'red usually from ;a : ;diSianco ;pv;,V ~5-P; ■20 ;fatli'onis; hit in a vital- pnft. it i> kilUnl ou»- ■ ri™lii ; '. ■ biit .sometimes: .it .dn<xsi,\.anu t'le'';. -tha :1110 fathoms onlilo of finest nemi) w.h'cli ■:-is:' allti'chP(i-' -to v tlio> /IioXP-'■ 5 s ! l -'i-; In Hie :)1<!<'!1 i!a»; .when the:inonbtaf Ikhl i\, lie -jftttitcked; in an ripen, Wils not safe to oflVr the slijrhto>-t resistaneo ■ Co: ;lie rtinniiiß <>"i of 'he line liut .now the ninhing of the is bnke.d as. it. runs tlircmdi : ivsy ; stem;oJ; woiiiid.ed whale is tired the uuickcr :n coiwiuenee. .. . , ,■. . , V;;-'.'.'- : hecestaiiy. tosmaWjlrcqncnt,; oalU for coal Ihe steamers had to )>ut :jn at some .13 ports or. the -voyaw ti<"». via As i!l-lr.ck would have it. supplies -were at a .premium -owuiir to the eo-.\l sti'ike in Kiißland,- and as mucli. : ';'s?o2-:.:p^v ::; t"otf.was^ ; paidVfpr^al^^ or two-ports.. This, of cour ; e. added toi- ; t6;'P6;,costyofc.tlioim . hey, "\t hoi V'- V ; '»rPi,'v S in- New: . Zealand,, and took.„m sufhcionl Hlu-ro. :to:-('fti'i\v^the!; : i;to;:tlie : ;;fiv^ ground. oIT (he. Hay .of lshuids. _. ' ;"■£ '!.' 1 V<J r Kcasoh" :for a ios; v.3 rie- ; :ju diuerent seas aecordinir to isititiulo;. \ i Iwv to -'ijp found; ofi^the.:Bay'/n.fv:l.slani.s,/ah,put / the., end of May, so thnt tUo, ontcrpi!<-e is ahoiit six week's late. The. whalers- Ro there firs! from .here in alxiut a week, Tincj tlniv liopo- t(.' eumniei'.ce oiier;!ti:Mis at bike. The whiles -will nugrat" south -in about two nionfhs' time. and. the licet '.iiiit)l,\.iii:;tho:isr.mincr.:' tliev Avilt :ljii ; ab\ra'- , Mar«the,:AHtnrcti&,icp:, ;Th'ei:e is no oil' season. Captain liaise, xlib; -.wiU' l;e Khor.?; iiianager.. of tho vent'ure, will ' establish depots at suitable points aloiig the c.oa?t for storo and spare ' tnX'lvlOi.' • ;••••..•' V' V V". ■ s ' Uuriuir two; larger vessels, will probably sp on the olip fov. miiK.r alisratior.s. .. ?■ , • industry ;:,:n:yhp" 'Xcwv.-,Zen- !: ia iui' seas: 'hasVAcveP. '.bcefi. sa ,; ,thpro.Uffhly i exploited os ft will doubtless be In this. expediiion. Most pi tho'wha'iuu m the I world is now .don« by .Xorweg|ar..s, and ftiiey lie.vo. rod\:e<-:l to a minimum . all I iossps by nhe - a'lpptiou'of imidorn,?cioniiiici'.mcti;o:!s, >6- (hat ' (he enterprise is ' pre-' j suniably in tho hands pf 'men who know .the business. .!■'■'■■w'S'X-- v; "'.