ADMIRAL EVANS’S ADVICE
REAR-ADMIRAL E. R. G. R. EVANS ■IE great possibilities for Britain in the Southern Seas whaling industry, to which attention has frequently been drawn, were referred to by Rear-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans ("Evans of the Broke”) at a luncheon in London. Rear-Admiral Evans, who was the hero of the Discovery and the Scott Antarctic expeditions, said: The founders of the whaling industry throughout the world were British seamen. There is every reason why we should attempt to tap this industry and share the enormous profits that are being made. The Ross Sea is teeming with whales, and the adjacent oceans are untouched. I do not imagine there is any chance of the industry in the Southern Seas failing for the next 20 years. Whaling offers a fine opportunity for the employment of British capital and work in the shipbuilding yards. Also, there is a very fine chance for the employment of ex-naval officers and men in the industry. We have sat still while the Norwegians have virtually wrested from us the whaling industry, which is bringing them mHlions of pounds.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 January 1929, Page 9
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