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AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY

'.RELIC OP THE WHALiNC DAYS. (By Telegraph—Press Associatienj CMRTSTGHURGH, Last Night. A very interesting relic of the old whaling days ,at Akaroa has just been brought to Christchurch,, v and added to | the treasures of the. Canterbury Museum*. This is an old "try-,pot" used by the whalers of the 'Forties to melt ffo.Wfl stripped from captured | whales'," ibis extracting the -oil- The try-pot is an enormous cast-iron Vessel, weighing fully half a too. It is. not unlike an enormous cauldron, and is fitted with a lip, and two' of the sides bulge barrel-like from top to bottom, while ■ the other two sideß, are flattened. : It is about sft deep and fully 4ft wide'at the broadest part of the interior. It is fitted with a large spout, from wi'lidi the oil would be poured when the blubber has been melted down. It is a very heavy vesi'sel. Its recovery for the Museum was made by Mr Edgar R. Waite, the Curator. Tvlr Waite, with a small party of friends, made a trip to the Island Bay property of Messrs Lat&e and Wright, and found that this particular try-pot had originally formed one of a set of five which had been placed in. close juxtaposition and cemented into place. Each try-ipot had two flat 1 sides, so tliat it could etand close to its fellows. Beneath"''them were spaces for the fires. Three of the try-pots had been previously' removed, leaving only two'in position. Messrs Luke and Wright, who presented the try-pot. also presented the remains of nn old wooden windlass, and these will be re-erected beside the try-pot. These are two very interesting relics of the "Roaring 'Fort- , ics." -,

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10546, 31 January 1912, Page 5

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AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10546, 31 January 1912, Page 5

AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10546, 31 January 1912, Page 5

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