A LUCKY HAUL .
- .. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION i) CHRISTCHUBCH, this day. Mr W. Elder, of Port Chalmers, manager of the company which fitted ont .the whaling barque Splendis now iying at Lyttelton, visited that vessel on Friday, when he received from Captain Earle 8841bs of ambergris, extracted from .one; : whale.;; Mr Elder estimates the value of the ambergris at £45,000, as it is stated that that commodity sells at £4 10s an ounce.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 973, 18 December 1882, Page 3
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72A LUCKY HAUL. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 973, 18 December 1882, Page 3
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