SHARK STORIES.
j TO TBB EDITOR OF THE PRESS J .Sir, —I noticed in the news items of I Thursday's Press that a shark containing 30 young was recently caught at the Napier breakwater. Now, Sir, we can beat that North Island fish story. About two years ago, while fish- . ing . off Mr Grennell's launch about three miles off the Port Levy heads, Mr Charles Pope, of. Port Levy, caught a female shark about five feet in length, .which put up a great fight: When opened," this fish wa« found to contain
thirty-six vouiig, eaeh a-foot in length. —Yours, etc., ONE OF THE PARTY. Port Levy, November Ist, 1930.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 4 November 1930, Page 13
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