NORWEGIAN WHALERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 5

NORWEGIAN WHALERS.

SHIP AT STEWART ISLAND. . (Per Press, .Aaspciatipp.) „ During U* deal lias been said and—written of the,' intentions of Nonvegjiijn whaling companies to exploit sbntltdtn waters, 'film critics have endeavpnrpd to create an impression that no such enterprise was ever likely to be floated. Following on an interview which a Southland Times representative hail with Mr Wiig, Norwegian Sub-Consul at the Bluff, a few months back, intimation was conveyed to the outside public to the effect that arrangements, which had then been announced, were no idle boast. As a matter of fact there was, at that time, lying at Hobart, the four-masted barque Minnosa, which contained boiling-down and man-ure-manufacturing plant. It was the Minnosa’s intention to carry out whaling operations in Tasmanian waters, and then New Zealand’s southerly seas wore to be exploited. The Mirrnesa, which is owned by Messrs Dannevig and Co., of Harvick, Norway, has now completed her work on the Tasmanian shores, and, in accordance with the previously announced intentions, set out for Now Zealand on Sunday. She has arrived at Stewart Island, and is at present lying at anchor in the vicinity of Patterson’s Inlet. The Minnosa is accompanied by ; a small tender steamer. Owing to their inaccessibility it is at present difficult to get any reliable information as to the exact movements of the whaling party. The steamer is, however, expected to arrive at the Bluff to-day for coal supplies for the work to be carried on in the southern latitudes. It has been arranged that the New Zealand Whaling Company, which has chartered the Rakawia and Prince George (both-of which should reach New Zealand shortly) intends to confute its operations to northern waters, as it is considered too late to go south this season.