WHALERS’ CATCH
RICH HARVEST OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 1. Tho Norwegian whalers which arrived in Wellington on Wednesday found a rich harvest in the region of the Northwest 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 catch being nearly 1,600. .It wns not necessary for the Anglo-Norso to proceed to port to get rid of her cargo. The owners were wirelessed, and an oil tanker was chartered and sent to the mother ship. The tanker met tho fleet at sea and, after supplying a quantity of fuel oil, pumped tho factory ship dry of 60,000 barrels of whale oil. The fleet has been at sea for more than five months almost continuously. .It is expected that the whalers will remain in Wellington for 10 or 12 days, but it lias not been decided yet whether the ships will proceed to the Ross Sea grounds or try their fortune off tho coast of Peru.
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Evening Star, Issue 22459, 2 October 1936, Page 14
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179WHALERS’ CATCH Evening Star, Issue 22459, 2 October 1936, Page 14
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