THE WHALERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12790, 15 June 1912, Page 5

THE WHALERS.

I -m*- : (Press AB_n.*-By Telegraph.— Copyright.) BRISBANE, June 14. The whaling steamer. Sorrell, bound from Port Darwin to Whangarei, has put "m short of coal and provisions. She will sail to-morrow. ■'',''■" * . . .'.-,. Some further particulars regarding the New Zealand^ Wlialing Company have been given to the Auckland Herald by Captain. L. S. • Hasle, of Russell, the New Zealand 'representative of- the company., .The "company has a working capital *of £60,000, and tliough Norwegians. are -principally concerned m the enterprise, there are large shareholders m England and the Dominion. There is a good demand for whale oil,, and what is nob disposed of locally will be shipped tO Glasgow, which is the head market for the oil. . The f our . steartiers Whangarei/ Whangaroa, Hawk I *., arid Eagle . left Melbourne at noon oii. Friday of. last .AvOek for Westport, where they are : due to load bunker coal about the "end of this. week. The Whangarei and Whangaroa then proceed to Russell, and.<Avill sfearch for whales m northern waters, betAveen Cape , Brett and the North Cape. Tlie headquarters of these steamers will be Deep-Avatec - Cove, m the Bay. of Islands. . The Whangarei and Whangaroa have a speed of 11 knots, and are particularly suited for tho, industry. The Hawk and Eagle will proceed from Westport to the Bluff,! ahd they will- go .m pursuit of whales between that port, Stewart Island and: the Campbell Islands, making the 6luff their working base. They are larger vessels than the Whangarei and WhangaYoa, their dimensions being length 114 ft. and breadth, 21ft. They develop 750 horsepower, and have a speed of 13£ knots. The : four, vessels . will .- be tendered by the sailer Prince. George,' which left England, on March 28/ for Russell direct, and .the - steamer Rakiura, 2221 tons, which is expected at Westport about June 26; from : Durban. The'tAvo tenders will act as tiwing-out and; store ships for the four whalers. The-Whan-garei "and Whangaroa 'will go to Auckland at intervals for docking and overhaul. v