Tongan Whaling
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Industry is Nearer
From a NZ Correspondent • A commercial whaling indusu for Tonga, mooted for several yw. past and known to have the symu thetic interest of Prince Tungi, M advanced a further step.
Professor W. H. Dawbin,
expert on whales and wh:i migration and senior lectio in Zoology at Sydney Universi: accompanied by Mr. G. T. Peroi( principle of Perano Brothers, Picton, NZ, who operate the ok commercial whaling station in NP Zealand, visited Tonga in Februa. to discuss prospects of establishh an industry there.
As reported in a recent PA whaling for harvest of the edil meat has been carried out in a vr small way at Tongatabu for mas years, and over the past two yese interest in this “home industry” II considerably increased.
It is possible that the Tongg Government has an eye on t whaling equipment, including a w? equipped chaser, now for sale Auckland. The Hauraki Whalil Co., with headquarters in Grn Barrier Island, near Auckland, w placed in receivership last year aft less than two years of unsatisfactod operations. Perano’s Cook Stn whaling station has operated proft ably over a long period.