A RICH HARVEST
WHALER RETURNS FROM ROSS SEA CARGO WORTH £245,000 By 'Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, February 28. Laden withni 49,000 barrels of oil, representing a gross return of approximately £245,000, and the catching of 543 whales, the 8000-ton whaler Sir James, Clark Ross steamed into Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, nt 4 p.m. on Wednesday, after four months in the frozen waters of the Ross Sea. The season ip its earlier stages did not promise well, but later the five chasers attached to the factory ship struck rich whaling grounds, and tlie men were kept busy in twelyehour watches day and night to cope with tlie large number of whales brought in. Better weather than was experienced last year was met with on this occasion, and although less whales were procured, it is slated that tlie amount is greater. No diminution of the number of whales was noticed. , , ... From Paterson Inlet the vessel will nroceed to American ports, via Panama, to discharge her valuable cargo, leaving probably on Tuesday next, after coaling.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 6
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171A RICH HARVEST Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 6
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