The wlialine operations now bcinj; carried oft ih tlie waters in the north of New' Zehland givo scientists excellent opportunities of studying-the habits of tbo "hump.biiek," and Mr. E. Lilley, ol 1 tho slftft of the ChfistcMirch Museum, it at pro- , sent oil an Mtelidid taur with tho whalers of the New Zealand Whaling Company. ' Captain Haslo, the nianawr, now in Audilaml, said that Mr. Lilley was feline: rather disappointed, owing to the fnct that ' all of the 17 whales captured so far had boon bulls, and that ho had not lifid the opportunity to study tho cdv "humpback." Mr. Wiley, however, intends to . tic- ■ < company the whalers to theKcrmadccs 'lit the cud of tho month, where ho hoped to moko his researches doro complete. .
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1511, 6 August 1912, Page 5
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