WHALE CHASED ONTO BEACH
5 » . ■ . ’ (New Zealand Preti Auociatle*) OPOTKf, March T t A killer whale 16ft long was tJuMd 8 upon to Ohopeßeach yesterday WW 1 Henry Mokomoko and his child. 7W were out in a dinghy fishing, WtW| they saw the whale, and thinking > was a blackflsh, attempted to cnSte 2 it on to the beach. Me An onlooker ashore recognised ft al □ a killer whale, and tried to warn the® 1 of their danger, but they continued to j strike the whale with an- oar, as B i lashed its tail dangerously ney j dinghy. They managed to get it BMO . the breakers, and the receding ud* i left it in shallow water. - > Horses were used to drag it up Mgn - and dry, where Maoris began boumg it down. •> ——
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26363, 6 March 1951, Page 8
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