BIGGEST SHARK
•t, (N.Z. Press Association) NAPIER. The biggest shark caught ' in Hawke’s Bay was landed v yesterday by Mr E. K. ’ Wiig, of Napier, after a 4i-bour battle. The shark, a bronze whaler, was officially -' weighed at the Hawke’s Bay game and off-shore ■-* fishing club and tipped the ■ scales at 3421 b. It was 10ft long and had X* girth of 4ft 6in.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31908, 8 February 1969, Page 15
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