NETTING RIGHT WHALES.
AND' TOWING THEM ASHORE. (By Teluirraph.—Press Association.Auckland, July 16. A good number of catches kayo been made at the- Whangamunm whaling station so far this season, 12 largo whsJes having been landed up to the present. The whales are caught in nets, and the steam whaler Hananui (recently imported from England by an Auckland syndicate) takes them in tow to the station, conveying two cetaceans at a time. Up to the present this has been the Hananui's sole occupation, but ivhcn t all her gear arrives she will go in search of whales herself. Towards the end of the month, or thereabouts, the Hananui will (it is understood) proceed to the Bouthern grounds at Tory Channel, Marlborough, Kaikoura, and Campbell Island, llight whales are to be found in these grounds, .and recently thirteen right wliales were netted off Tory Channel.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 871, 18 July 1910, Page 6
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143NETTING RIGHT WHALES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 871, 18 July 1910, Page 6
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