CONTROL OF WHALING
ATTITUDE OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT British Official Wireless RUGBY, September 1. It is announced that the British Government has decided, with great reluctance, to withdraw the regulation imposing on whaling ships registered in the United Kingdom a close season for whaling in Antarctic waters, and impose on such ships such regulations only as are required by the 1931 international convention, for the protection of whales. The decision, it is stated, has been forced upon the Government by circumstances which they are powerless to control. The suggestions, which appeared to the effect that Norway is the champion of the protection of whales, while Britain stands in the way, are regarded as a complete misrepresentation of the position. His Majesty’s Government is still prepared, if the Norwegian blockade is unconditionally withdrawn, to discuss any reasonable proposal for the limitation of the catch during the forthcoming season.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20513, 3 September 1936, Page 9
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146CONTROL OF WHALING Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20513, 3 September 1936, Page 9
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