HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-03-05, Page 2The Whaling Trade
Of Modern Days
Whalers in the Antarctic are
Anticipating a Record Sea-
son—Modern Methods
Have Come to Their
Aid in Reviving This,
Age-old Industry
By ,Captain David Bernard
Never to the history of deep-sea
fishing has there assembled such a
great fleet as that engaged in the Ant-
arctic to -day. Just north of the ice-
barrier and covering thousands of
utiles, over 11,000 men are employed
on board 325 ships harvesting the
golden oil rom the mammals of the
Few of the mtllious'who eat margar-
ine realize that the best qualities
come from the creamy -white oil of
the sperm whale. The whole produc-
tion of the South Seas was sold last
year at $10 per ton, and it realized
$5,000,000.
This year the whaling fleet has been
increased by a hundred ships. During
the itrst week of the present season
one company alone produced oilto
the value of $40,000. Last year the
same company, the largest British
unit employed in the whaling fudus-
try, produced 202,650 barrels of whale
oil, valued at $4,130,045, during nine-
teen weeks' whaling.
Seaplanes Join in
32,00Q -twiner, is nowbeing built at
Belfast. ,She and a fleet of nine new
vessels will be employed to fish -le
the vieiuity of Bouvet Island.
It hes been found necessary to em-
ploy oil trausports with the new'
fleets. Nearly a dozen great tankers
have been distributed among the
ships. This will allow them to mar-
ket their oil before the close of the
whaling season, and refill their tanks
before returning home.'
Whaling by present-day methods is
Perhaps the hardest and most adven-
turous
dventurous employment the sea oilers; it
appears to be the most profitable,
judging from the . prolific dividends
paid. `13ut it is hard work for the
youths and men who are being train-
ed. Frequeutly during the summer
months of the Smith whaling crews
work sixteen hours per day.
When Whales Hit Sack
And there's danger to be faced. A
harpoon tired from bow -guns on roll-
ing ships may miss the target, or, al-
ternatively, may inflict flesh wounds
which cause the big fish to become
furious and even attempt to ram the
"chaser."
The thresher whale is the worst
customer to deal with; he will attack
on the, slightest provocation There
is one authentic account of this sea -
tiger ramming the whaler Thetis and
forcing the crew to abandon her,
By a strange coincidence two ships
of the same name have been in colli-
sion
ollision with whales, Ou her maiden voy-
age from Liverpool, iu July, 1875, a
whale rushed at the Cunard liner
Prominent among the sixty-eight Scythia with full force. The ship ape
peered to have hit a submerged rock.
factory ships is the newly concerted. The impact was so terrific that she
Athenic, formerly owned by the White had to return to port and go into dry -
Star Line; this vessel, which has
been renamed Pelagos, has been so al-
tered that she is scarcely recogniz-
able.
Schools on Wheels
"Readiu', 'titin' aad 'rithmetic" are taught on travelling school trains in regions of northern On-
tario, north of, Lake Superior, where school -houses do not exist, Pupils for most. part, are children
of trappers and section hands.
dock.
In 1924 a Iater Scythia had a weird
experience. After leaving Boston the l�
ship appeared to have struck a huge: Sunday School
Lesson
Atter removing the passenger ac- log of timber- What had happened
commodatlon, a trunk -way was built was that in its mad rush a whale had
in her stern opening to the edge of misjudged the speed of the ship, and
the sea. Steel trapdoors open out, a the great monster became impaled on
great drawbridge is lowered, challis the bow. Only by going full speed
and heavy steel wires revolve round astern could it be freed,
electric capstans, and whales weigh-
ing anything from 50 to oyer 100 tons
are hauled bodily up the slipway to
the "flensing" deck.
Then huge saws rip off "blaukets"
of blubber, which is sliced up again
hiconvenient chunks before it passes
to batteries of boilers which are cap-
able of producing oil at 120 tons an
hour. After the blubber is removed
the carcass of the whale is hauled
along the fore -deck and sown up by
revolving bone -cutters, the small
pieces of flesh and bone passing into
other boilers so that all oil is extract-
ed.
Formerly the residue was thrown
everhoard. but this year it has been
generally agreed that it shall be con-
verted into bone -meal, which makes'
excellent food for cattle, poultry. etc..
In the actual hunting of the whale
wonderful changes hare also taken;
place. Pact -cruisers armed with
harpoon -guns and fitted with wireless
aro now used. and work in c outguns-'
- n v tit seottlang. seaplanes tarrying
issnl,e and Trek -firing guns.
Kitting by Electricity
Tee modern method of killing by
e sterit ity has been brought into at•
meet general nee. As Soon as the,
harpoon strikes the whale the current;
le switched on. and the great mammal;
Ls electrocuted by the high voltage
wltieb passes through the copper sore.
of the harpoon line.
The use of seaplanes in whale hum-'
lug is not yet general; weather difd-1
cuity in the South Seas has proved a#
great setback. On tba other hand.;
they have their advantages iu than
whales can be seen from the air ion,'.
before the look -out in the crows nest;
ran stop them. Moreover, planes are;
useful in keeping track of 'flagged"
fish.
The system employed now is to in -i
Hate the whales kilted by pumping air:
into them; they then rise from the,
sea like balloons when air-filled: the
hole is plugged up, and a :flag inserted,
so that they may be recovered after
the catcher returns from the killing'
of other fish. Often as many as four;
great monsters are taken in `'the
chase" and towed back 10 the fay:ori I
ee g,
'et de R s itgiven e1
,nher , f e
latah. s :t• .e. ds. practicallya.; 11.0
ships'.,c t t :t, or converted. ' Eng-
land. :1 whole fleet was built last,
ye;,: cert. tits north-east coast of Eng-
land. 1.
eels ,': .- greatest whaling ships. a
A few months later the Cunarder
Samaria was attacked. Passengers
ware startled to see a fiftyfoot Whalealongside. It dived under the vessel
before turning to ram: then it struck
the stern, and the sea became red
with blood.—Answers.
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Gabb:e Gertie
-Naw-a-days a girl is not romp I-
rn rated on her splendid carriage,
bet an her classy chassis,'
in Galilee, or, to modern ,.arms, the
Toronto Hotel Design clergy and the police, had appealed to
Herod who ruled Galilee, and that
Win Institute Medal Jesus was threatened with the fate of'
Toronto—The Royal York Hotel, John the Baptist if he remained in
Toronto, said to be the largest hotel that territory. It seems that before
in the British Empire, has won for its his great assault on Jerusalem and
P the Temple. Jesus retired across, the
architects the 1930 gold medalof the lake into Philip's country. It seems
Royal Arehitectural Inetittite of likely, therefore, that this mission
Canada for the outstanding achieve- was a hasty rush through the towns
meat in the last three years. and villages of Galilee to prepare
Sfxteeu architects from various the minds and hearts of the people.
parts of Canada submitted photo- for what was to follow. We cannot,;
graphs of building-, within the terms however, be certain of this.
of the .competition, to the fifty-second I. SENDING OUT MISSIONARIES. 10: 1, 2.
annual exhibition of the Royal Cana- V. 2. Jesus indeed recognized the
Allan Academy, held in Toronto. worlds sin, but he was far from being
Formal presentation will be made 0. pessimist. He seems to feel sure
shorily to the sn cessfui competitors that there must be a great response
Gere A. lass and Robert H. Ma to the good news, if only there are
t ..s.s..e- is n' cal Henry Sproatt: messenger_ to bring it. This is the
:i E: P Ralph. of Toronto, at oely occasion when Jesus is said to
:Le nsezi al.nu.11 meeting of the ins! have bidden kis disciples pray for a
--- l L n Q.„,,,,...• r at I.a,ar object. It is significant
that this object should he an increase Prince of Wales party. The Union.
in the number of n iesianaries- Telephone Company has established
T.::rr-. �,-.- ? .- „ 3^:d t°ria: II. I\3TRt�cTIO\S. TO MIS;IONARIES, 10: a complete automatic exchange at
is that eau scan.: be use of any- 3-il.
='ing 1 . v Whs;e Jesus was no pessimist, 400 subscribers,
March 1. Lesson IX—Jesus Sending
Forth Missionaries -Luke 10: 1-11,
17, 21, 22, Golden Text—The har-
vest truly is great, but the labour-
ers are few: pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his hay-
vest.--Luke
av-
vest: Luke 10: 2.
he was paver an easy optimist. It goes!
hard with sheep in the midst of
wolves, According to the hearer the
Christian message awakens great joy
or great hatred. Some love
the light
and turn eagerly to it others hate the ht and love darkness
lig 'Illustrated Dress? ai:ing
What New York
Is Wearing
V. 4. The missionaries are to: travel Bisbee Wi'Ir h Five"
without baggage and encumbrances;
they will find hospitality by the way;
that is all they need. They are not
to linger gossiping on the road, nor
even to spend time on indisidual:con-
versions.
Vs. 5, 6. We speak ai "mere words"
and "empty words"; we think it super-
stitious ro be afraid of curses, and
ANALYSIS'. therefore we think of a blessing or
benediction as simply a convenient
L SENDING OUT MISSIONARIES, 10: 1, 2.
formula for closing a service. But to
II. INSTRCCTIONS TO AIISSIONAR/ES, 10: the ancients words seemed powerful
J3-11. things. like winged creatures, going
III. A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, 10: forth from the speaker With some
i 21, 22. power to accomplish their purpose. So
IXmonecrlose—We must not sup• here, enter a house with a blessing on
pose that Jesus is here Laying down your Iips; if the master of the house
precise rules which shall cover the is a truly religious man, a son of
conduct of Christian missionaries peace," your 'words will bring him a
throughout the ages. He is content- real blessing; if not, you will at least
plating a particular missionary tour have tried to bless hint.
which for certain obscure reasons has V. 7. The support of home and for-
te be undertaken in a very great' eign missions 10 an obligation upon
hurry; for there is to be no time for, all Christians.
pastoral work, no time to persuade V. S. The principle of eating what
people gradually; if the message is is set before you became very import-
not quickly accepted, the disciple must ant' in later year and in the Gentile
hurry on to the next place, vs. 10, 11. world. We learn from Paul's letters
Why, we ask,. the great haste? Some how distressed were some Christians
have supposed t.•at Jesus, at this time.. if they were uncertain whether the
expected the speedy coining of the end neat set before them had been proper -
of the world with the dawn of the Iy killed or whether the beast had not
future kingdom A God. This does not first been sacrificed in a heathen
seem a very satisfactory explanation. temple.
It is more probable that temporary V. 21. The success of the mission
religious and political conditions made showed that Satan's throne was tot -
the haste needful. The ministry 10 tering (v. 15).
Galilee, as we may reasonSnp- III. A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, 10:
pose, was near an end. We are given 21, 22.
grounds for inferring that the Phar- s, the `- 22. This verse may be taken in
isles and the Hr assda the courtparty either of two ways: by "the son" we
religious leaders and p may understand Jesus himself; in this
case he is elaimin • a unique knowl-
edge of God and a unique 'mediator -
ship. Or "the son" may be taken in
its Old Testament sense of "Israel,"
meaning here th.. true.spiritual Israel,
It is difficult to decide between these
two interpretations, for both cover a
spiritual truth.
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Phone Expense $100,000
For British Fair Exchange
Buenos Ayres.—More than $106,100
has been spent by telephone and
cable companies in installation of
lines and booths at the British Em-
pire Trade Fair grounds in Palermo,
providing for direct service from the
exposition to twenty --five nations.
The International Telegraph and
Telephone Company has placed its
entire system, national and interna-
tional, at •the disposition of the
the fair grounds with a capacity of
Skating by Moonlight
I like .pond skating best by moon-
light. The hollow among the , hills
will always have a bit of mist hang-
ing about it,..iet the sky be as clear
as 11 may. The moonlight which
seems so lucid and brilliant as yOu
look up, all pearl and smoke round
the pond and the-h111a, . The shore
which is like iron under your heel as
you come down to the ice, is as
vague when you look at it from the
center of the pond as the memory of
a dream. The motion is, like fly-
ing in a dream; you float free and
the world floats under you; your velo-
city is without effort and without
accomplishment, for speed as you
may you leave nothing behind and
approach nothing. You look up-
ward. The mist is overhead now:
you -see the moon in a 'hollow halo"
at the --hat_t ra of "an icy crystal cup,"
and you yourself are in just such an-
other. The mist, palely opalescent,
drives past her out of nothing into
nowhere, , . , If by moonlight the
imist plays upon the consciousness,
like faint, bewitching etude, in sun-
light it is scarcely less. More often
tiratt not when I go for my- skating
to our cosy little river, a winding
mile from the milldam to the rail-
road trestle, the hills are clothed in
silver mist, which frames .them in
vignettes with blurred edges like
Japanese paintings on white silk,
Such color as they have shows soft
and dull through the frost -powder
with which the air is fi"'ed. . The
silver powder has : fallen on the ice,
just enough to cover earlier tracings
and leave use 'a fresh plate to etch
with grapevines and arabesques. The
stream winds ahead tike an unbroken
road, barred across with soft -edged
shadows of violet, indigo: and Leven-
, der,—ltobert Palfrey Utter, in "Pearls
I and Peppers."
Lessee .Fur- 1,000 Frozen to Death
In -Manchurian Streets
Harbin, Manchuria. — With the
mercury falling as low as 45 degrees
below zero, more than 1,000 persons
have been picked up oft the streets
of this city frozen to death. Few
persons venture out of doors. Al
walk of two blocks .Is sufficient to
freeze a man's nose or cheeks.
The: intense coldhas caused trains
on most lutes to run two andthree
days behind time. The Trans-
Siberian Railroad was two days be-
hind schedule throughout December
and January. One train on the
Chluese Eastern Railway left the
tracks when the locomotive wheels
cracked from the cold.
9,000 Earth Tremors
Pattern
The jumper sht'li love. Who
wouldn't when all the chic little
Parisieunes are wearing this very
model. And it's so charming and so
practical.
Mother will love it too for it has
a number of good qualities.
It's especially desirable with the
main part of the dress made of wool
jersey in delightful pilot blue shade
with deep blue binding as sketched.
The juniper is made of white cotton
broadcloth with a soft lustrous finish.
It can also be carried out in sports-
weight linen and is fetching in edral
ink shade. Whits handkerchief linen,
with matching coral -pink dot will fa-
shion the jumper.
Style No. 2965 is designed for girls
of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.
Tweed -like cottons, wool challis
prints and pique also smart.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; vrrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St, Toronto.
Estimated Daily Record
Cambridge, ,Mass.—Dr. L. Don Leet
of the Harvard Seismograph station
has estimated that about 9,000 earth
tremors. most of them slight, are
recorded in the world daily.
No section of the earth is immune
from quakes, according to Dr. Leet.
He said an average of one shock a
day is recorded on Harvard's seismo-
graph,while in Japan the average is
four daily.
Dr. Leet predicted that a severe
shock would occur in New England
soon. "Earthquakes come is cycles,"
he said, "and since a great ono has
not taken place hereabouts for more
than two centuries, we can be de-
ftnitely certain that one is about
due."
Cub Reporter: "Had your dia-
mond stolen lately? Engaged to
any dukes?"
Stage Favorite: "Kindly omit ba-
nalities. Actresses don't talk that
kind of stuff nowadays, If I am t0
be interviewed I shall discuss ethi-
cal questions only."
Great Comedian
Minus his baggy pants, derby
and trick mustache, Charles S.
Chaplin,. stilt king fuumaher o
Americsrr screen,, as be. arrived in
New Yo:it.
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Winter. Hints
Here are m few hints gloat the -
care of an automobile during the
winter •
Take curves slowly:..
Have brakes tested and put in
goad condition..
De not apply brakes ar step on the
gas too suddenly..
Take care of batteries;. they run
down faster in winter,
Be extremely cautious when going
Sy schools, playgrounds and coasting
.Lilts.
- Kseep of streetcar tracks. This
hint is- good for the year -•around«
but' it is especially.appBfes to winter
drivers.
Beware of carbon monoxide gas
poisoning by keeping garage doors
and windows open when starting the
ear,
Be sure to have a windshield
cleaner in good condition. Both
hands are needed for driving on slip-
pery pavements, so the cleaner
should be of the automatic type.
Overseas Shipments
of Haney Increase
Shipments of Ontario' honey to Great
Britain and other European countries
are increasing, and the markets in
these countries will help in cutting
down the surplus from overproduction
nolo facing the industry, it was report-
ed at the annual meeting of the On-
tario Honey Producers' Co-operative
in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, re-
cently. The 1930 and 1929 crops net-
ted
etted 9,000,000 Pounds.
The producers adopted a resolution
urging.bobh the Provincial and Federal
Governments "to bring in some form
of domestic grading regulations for
honey, and to sae that the regulations
are enforced."
F. W. Iirouse of Guelph was re-
elected President of -the organization,.
with the following officers: Morley
Pettit, of Georgetown, Vice -President;
A. G. Halstead of Toronto, General
Manager; W. A. Weir of Toronto,
SecretaryTreasurer; directors, T.' -H..
Shields of Peterboro', A. Hutchinson
of Mount Forest, H. C. Harris of Al-
lieton, and W. R. Agar of Brooklin,
-
Marketing Board is
Planned For Ontario
North 'Augusta, Ont.—Organization
of -a provincial marketing board to
assist farmers in disposing of their
produce was contemplated by the
Henry Government, Hon. T. L. Ken-
nedy, Minister of Agriculture, told
an audience here recently.
This board would advise the pro -
dicers eaten and how to market
their various commodities. Agents
would be distributed throughout Can-
ada chiefly in the large centres of
population. From time to time they
would report upon the needs of the
district hs which they resided and
that information would be passed on
to the farmers an their organizations.
The system would extend to Great'
Britain where representatives of the
marketing board would keep an eye
on conditions and advise as to the
most favorable times in which to
dispose of Ontario's exportable sur-
plus Of farm products.
EUROPE'S AIR MILEAGE GAiNS
2,000 P.C. DURING 11 YEARS
London—Airways throughout Eur-
ope have increased twenty times in
mileage during the last eleven years,
figures available here- show. Ia
1919 there were not more than 3,005
miles of air routes iu Europe. At
the beginning of this year the reg-
ular routes totaled 60,000 utiles. There
are, in all, more Mau 136,000 miles
of high-speed air routes for passeng-
ers and mail in the world.
MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD
FISHER
Some Answers Are Very Inquisitive.
JEFF, tr's ABoyv TIME we
STARTED SAVING SOME
MONEY. Now MUCH
RAVE. YOU GoT.
WELL,
GOT A LOT
of ROME'(.
BUT-
WHAT'S ALL 7815 'BUT'
BUSINGsS', WHEN You'Re
TALK''JVE`(
T ere,- AiNer No'Pt1Ts.
IT'S EITHER `(E S otz NO;.
BUT, -rkimr
ls- c2,
BUT
ANSWER oft THE 'DorTED
LINO., HAVE YOU GoT
MONEY- OR. AIN'T
0PTHINKG
Ii AVELEUaN (`
Dolt. ARS
Not) THINK '-0U HAVE ELEVEN
DOLLARS? How 10 IT You Aitu'T
SURE YOU HAVE Sur ELEVEN
D'OLLATeS r,
BECAuse
You
owe iT
TO ME:
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Faith ought •eves,to be a sanguine
cheerful thing. -F. W, Robertson,