NORWEGIAN WHALERS.
HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. (By Telegraph. — Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, Last Night. The Australia™ Whaling Company's fleet, under the management of Captain Egcness, winch has been carrying on operations in the Foveaux Straits for the past' four months, with headquarters at Chalky Inlet, is now on its way to the Australian coast. MrE. Wi'ig, the Norwegian ViceConsul, stated that, despite the unfavourable weather, which had prevailed almost continuously since the fleet started operations, they had captured twenty line whales, all of the. sp?rni variety. They had also obtained, about two weeks ago, a lump of ambergris valued at £4OOO, and this, with" the products of the whales, treated bv them since their arrival, would make the season a successful one financially. The fleet \& at present making a prospecting visit along the West Coast, and will afterwards proceed to Jorvois Bay, o nthe coast of New South Wales, where headquarters will be established. The fleet will remain'in ..Australian waters for four months, and its future movements will depend entirely on the result of the season there. If successful, it may return to Foveaux Strait.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 April 1913, Page 5
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184NORWEGIAN WHALERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 April 1913, Page 5
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