WHALE FISHING
A BRITISH PROJECT. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 9.25. a.m.) LONDON, November 22. A British company is being formed with £359,000 capital for whale fishing in Ross Sea. It is negotiating to buy the White Star steamer Runic for conversion into a floating factory. The oil will be brought to Europe ifor margarine, soap and lubricating oil. The company will be the third British enterprise operating in the Antarctic. Norwegians will control the technical process with the assistance of British ex-naval men.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1928, Page 4
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