WHALING INDUSTRY.
PROFITABLE TRIP. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Feb. 28. Laden with 49,000 barrels of oil, representing a gross return of .approximately £245,000, and a catch of 643 whales, the 8000-ton whaler Sir James Clark Ross steamed into Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, at four p.m. on Wednesday, after four months in the frozen waters of the Ross Sea. The season, in its earlier stages, did not promise well, but later the five chasers attached to the factory ship struck rich whaling grounds and the men were kept at it in 12-hour watches day and night to cope with the large number of whales brought in. Better weather than was experienced last year was met with on this occasion and although fewer whales were procured, it is stated that the amount of oil is greater. No diminution in the number of whales was noticed. From Paterson Inlet, the vessel proceeds to American ports, via Panama, to discharge her valuable cargo, leaving probably on Tuesday next, after coaling.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 78, 1 March 1929, Page 7
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166WHALING INDUSTRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 78, 1 March 1929, Page 7
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