AUSTRALIAN WHALING COMPANY.
INVERCARGILL, April 21. The Australian Whaling Company’s fleet under the management of Captain Egeness, which has been carrying on operations in Foveaux Strait for the past four months, with headquarters at Chalky Inlet, is now on its way to tho Australian coast. Mr E. Wiig, the Norwegian Vice-consul, stated that despite the unfavourable weather which had prevailed almost continuously since the fleet started operations, they had captured 25 whales, all of the sperm variety. They had also obtained, about two weeks ago, a lump of ambergris valued at £4OOO, and this with the products of the whales treated by them since their arrival would make the season a successful one financially. The fleet is at present making a prospecting visit along the West Coast, and will afterwards proceed to Jervis Bay, on the coast of New South Wales, where headquarters will be established. The fleet will remain in Australian waters for four months, and future movements will depend entirely on the result of their season there. If successful, they may return to Foveaux Strait.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 9
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177AUSTRALIAN WHALING COMPANY. Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 9
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