CANADA'S WHALES
The whale is a valuable source of oil, fertilisers, and other things useful to the war effort, and Canada is taking a part in bringing these great sea mammals to the, side of the side of the United Nations. Ihc taking of whales in northern waters has been much restricted for many yc.ars, but since 1940' whaling has been resumed oil' Canada's Pacific coast. In the past, .year two stations in British Columbia have received 328 whales, and from all Canadian sources 000,000 gallons of whale, oil were recovered. Whaling is always a hazardous pursuit and war increases the risks, but the greatest setback of >lhe season came from a whale. An infuriated crcaturc lashed out so vigorously at a ship that she had to return to port for repairs.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 1, 7 September 1942, Page 5
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132CANADA'S WHALES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 1, 7 September 1942, Page 5
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