ROSS SEA WHALERS.
LARGE CATCH OF OIL.
WORLD'S RECORD REPORTED
[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] INVERCAROILL,. Tuesday.
The whale chaser Star 10 arrived at Bluff at noon from the Ross Sea. The Sir James Clark Ross, with a fleet of chasers, proceeded to Stewart Island, where they arrived safely. The delay in the return of the fleet was caused by the breaking of a tailshaft and the loss of a propeller on the Star 14, which had to be towed to port.
Tho Sir James Clark Ross is reported to have over 100,000 barrels of oil—a world's record catch.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20819, 11 March 1931, Page 10
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