TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER OF WHALES IN ANTARCTIC
732 ANIMALS KILLED. O. A. LARSEN IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THIS FIGURE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 7 pan. HOBART, Feb. 20. The Norwegian whaler, N. T. Neilsen Alonso, has reached port from a four months’ cruise in the North Antarctic, resulting in the capture of 732 whales, yielding 63,500 barrels of oil. The catch is worth approximately £350,000, •which is a world’s record, but it is expected the whaler C. A. Larsen, which is still at work in the Ross Sea, will exceed this figure.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6842, 21 February 1929, Page 7
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94TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER OF WHALES IN ANTARCTIC Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6842, 21 February 1929, Page 7
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