Shark Scares At Taranaki Beaches
(New Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, December 28. Children were scooped from the sea bysurf club members and adults rushed to safety when sharks were sighted close to two New Plymouth beaches this afternoon.
It was the first reported sighting of sharks near Taranaki beaches this summer.
Observant East End Surf Club members first spotted two sharks cruising towards the Strandon beach about 3.30 p.m. The sharks were about 20 yards out from the shore and in about 3ft of water and were approaching a crowd of nearly 50 people at the beach, which the club patrols. The sea was quickly cleared of swimmers. A surf canoe was launched and four crew members followed the sharks as they cruised towards the
f Fitzroy beach, half a mile I north-east. > But by the time the sharks t arrived off Fitzroy beach the sea was deserted. An East ) End Surf Club member had I sprinted along the foreshore 1 to warn the Fitzroy Surf Club f of the danger to the 200 per- , sons bathing there. A small shark was spotted I in a bay near Opunake beach ! today. It was kept under obi servation by the Opunake > Surf Club and did not ap- > proach the main beach.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30635, 29 December 1964, Page 1
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