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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 261, 8 October 1912, Page 3

The boy who explained his absence from school by the statement that his big sister had turned down the school master the night before, appeared to Imre some justification. The Norwegian whaling steamers Norwegia and Zealandia, on their way from Norway, left Hobart after coaling, on Monday for New Zealand. They are up-to-date whalers, each of 100 tons register with a length of 132 ft and a beam of 21ft sin. They left Sandefjord on August 6, and will join the fleet of whale-hunting steamers, already operating in New Zealand waters. A new floating factory, the steamer Polynesia (formerly the Tokio). a vessel of 3827 tons, built in 1895. and owned by the An ’.arctic Whaling Company, is also on her wa.v to New Zealand, and is expected to arrive very shortly. Another whaler, the Lionel, is on her way from Tonsberg to Sydney, and will join the fleet which has its headquarters in Jervois Bay, New South Wales, A woman wearing a Warner’s Corset feels almost “ uncorsetted ” —so light is the garment, so comfortably does it tit and beautifully shapes.*