ICE PACK DISPERSED.
—Press Association-
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SEAL HUNTERS LOSE £100,000.
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OTTAWA, March 19. It is reported from St. John's (Newfoudland) that the great an•pual seal hunt, whieh started a w^ek ago, ended in partial disaster. The hunters killed one hundred thousand young seals on the icefields during the first three days of the season. Half of these pelts were brought aboard the ships when a blizzardi brobe. The remainder were gathered in great heaps on icefloes awaiting liaulage to the steamers. The. force of the wind dispersed the icepack making it impossible for tbe hunters to recover the slcins. The losses are estimated at £100,000.
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 21 March 1927, Page 5
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111ICE PACK DISPERSED. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 21 March 1927, Page 5
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