WHALES STRANDED
BEACH IN TASMANIA MENACE TO PUBLIC HEALTH LAUJN'CESTON, Oct. 15 Hundreds of whales, ranging in length from 10 to 30 feet, most of them dead or dying, were washed up on the beach and stranded near tho town of Stanley. There v>as a rush to " stake claims," but it was discovered that the mammals were black pilot whales of no commercial value, and the problem now is how to get rid of them. Tho townspeople telegraphed ft request for help to tho Government, which decided that immediate action must be taken to protect the health of the residents of Stanley. A health officer was ordered to the spot to devise a means of disposing of the invaders. Whales have beon stranded in the same locality before, but not in such great numbers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22241, 16 October 1935, Page 14
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