Whale Oil And Copra.
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JAPANESE whalers now returning’ from the Antarctic report that the number of whales there are steadily de creasing in numbers and the huge out fits being sent each year to the South by Anglo-Scandinavian interests and by Germany and Japan are finding it necessary to travel farther and scout wider. Nevertheless, it is calculated that the Japanese this season will pro duce an enormous total of whale oil— which must have a depressing effect on the copra market.
Rev. A. C. Hobson has taken up Chaplaincy duties at the Anglican Church, Apia, Western Samoa, replac ing Rev. Canon F. Riley, who has re turned to Australia.
Mr. A. E. Osborn has resigned from the 8.5.1. Advisory Council. -Dr. H. B.
Hetherington has been appointed tem porarily in his place, as an official mem ber.