WHALING. FLEET
SUCCESS OFF AUSTRALIA 1600 WHALES CAUGHT (Tor Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The Norwegian whalers, which arrived at Wellington on Wednesday, found a rich harvest, in the region of the north-west coast of Australia during their voyage from Africa. They were kept, hard at work for more than two months. Two chasers between them killed some 700 whales, the total jatch being nearly IGOO. It was not necessary for the AngloNorse to proceed to port to get rid of the cargo. The owners were wirelessed and an oil tanker chartered and sent to the mother ship. The tanker nut the fleet at sea and, after supplying a quantity of fuel oil, pumped tiie factory ship dry of 00,000 barrels of whale oil.. The fleet has been at pen for more than five months almost continuously. It is expected the whalers will remain at Wellington for 10 or 12 days, and it has not: been, decided yet whether the ships will proceed to the Ross Sea grounds or try their fortune off the coast of Peru.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 9
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