DEVELOPMENT OR RESOURCES.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 95, 24 April 1917, Page 5

DEVELOPMENT OR RESOURCES.

STATE CONTROL OF ANTARCTIC WHALING.'.;

Australian'and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, April 22. Mr A. Bigiand, a Member of the House of Commons, submitted, to the Empire Resources Development Committee a memorandum - v suggesting State control of the- ; Antarctic whaling industry. He estimates • that the output of fats will yiejd a million a year towards reduction or the war debt. State control can be facilitated by the fact that no landing .stations are available except in British possessions..- ' ' ■ .. ...:■■ ■£.■■•:- ■'■ '■ .