THE WHALING INDUSTRY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1912, Page 7

THE WHALING INDUSTRY

ANOTHER COMPA.NY. The Norwegian -whaler Sorrell arrived in porL at about 1 o'clock this afternoon from Newfoundland, via Colombo and Brisbane. The vessel is in . command of Captain A. Ellefsen, and 'in 46 tons net. The boat put into Brisbane on the 14th irist. owing to a shortage of coal and fresh water. At that port the captain stated that the vessel had been engaged in the whaling industry in the . vicinity of Iceland. His company, however, had. decided to give Australian, New Zealand, and Tasmanian waters a trial, and for that purpose they had deteidedt to send three whalers andi an 8000-ton steamer (for the purpose of carrying oil] from. Norway. Before the Sorrell reached Colombo a fir« occurred in the coal bunkers. Five days were spent in putting it out and repairing the ship. Rough seas and head winds were experienced between Port Darwin and Brisbane, the l passage occupying 17 days. The vessel struggling into the latter port with less than a ton of coal -in her bunkers, and only 20 gallons of fresh water. After passing Sandy Cape three humpback whales were seen making northwards. The little boat, left the Queensland port on the. 17th inst. with a view to looking for whales along the southeastern coast of Australia. She is now going to work round the coast of New Zealand.