KILLER WHALE DIES IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR
[THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, December 14. If the appearance of a killer whale in Auckland harbour raised the enthusiasm of naturalists, it has presented problems to others who have to regard its death, when it became stranded on a mudbank near Point Chevalier, as an official matter. The future of the massive carcase remained uncertain until to-night, when it was finally agreed that it should be handed over to the Auckland Museum authorities for mounting and exhibition. A launch was dispatched by the Marine Department to locate the whale and to make arrangements for towing it beyond the harbour limits, where it would be likely to cause no offence. However, in the meantime representations had been made by the assistant-director of the museum (Mr A. W. B. Powell) to obtain the carcase, and the earlier plans for its disposal were cancelled. Mr Powell said that while killer whales were .not rare, the specimen would be valued by the museum authority.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22894, 15 December 1939, Page 10
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