THE WHALING INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 6

THE WHALING INDUSTRY.

EXPLOITING NEW ZEALAND GROUNDS. ' The Norwegian whaling tiect ha.? made Jervis Bav, New South Wales, its rendezvous for the coming season. Last year tho licet arrived late in the season and cleared out after a poor catcli to New Zealand grounds. The ships, have since been operating otf North Port, w,iich is near the Bluff. About thirty sperm whales were "taken," and tried out 011 board the factory ship- The result of the cruise has not been so successful as anticipated, but a quantity of ambergris, obtained' from one of the whales captured will, it is stated, go a I°"S wn i' to paying expenses. "It is not a sensational find, remarked the Norwegian Consul, Mr. Olav E. Pauss when referring to tho discovery 01 the ambergris, "but it was very acceptable in view of the expenses incurred bv tho company in exploiting the New Zealand grounds." Tho whaling licet consists of the Campbell S:>rrel, and Lionel, and tile factory ship Loch Tay. It is intended thoroughly to test the south coast grounds, and lor this lesson the whaling fleet will rema'll in New South Wales waters unul the spring. Tliev were four ami a halt days coming across from Bluft (New /ealand). , , , Til-* Adelaide message states that bavin" spent a profitable' season in the waters near Capo Lceuwin, the six whalers andthe two fnctorv ships commons the fleet of the West 'Australian Whaling pany, have returned lo Fremantle for an overhaul I*or sis months tho llopt hns operated'amongst the sperm whales.on Ihe leuth coast, and during Hint tune '285 whales, which yielded about. 11100 tons of sperm cil, were captured. Half of the oil which v.-as extracted on the floating boiling-down factories, the Prince George and Vasco de (Jama, has already been shipped to England, and Iho remaining 500 tons will tie consigned by Iho next While Star liner from Albany.

If there arc no >.evere !aie frosts this will be a great apple year in England. A pan:'r received by Ihe l,i>! mail states that (n.'es are covered v.-i 111 large fruit buds in tie' ajiph'-pr'aluc ii;g nrra- of I lie Western Midlands, the Weal of lilib'laud, hjus. sex. ojkl Kimt.