A TEN-FOOT SHARK

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 99, 21 January 1926, Page 6

A TEN-FOOT SHARK

SHOT OFF PETONE BEACH Some excitement was occasioned on the waterfront at Petone yesterday morning when a 10ft. shark was seen swimming in shallow water about fifteen yards out from the Esplanade. Mr. Kreyl secured a rifle and had a couple of shots at the shark. Air. A. Reid then got out his dinghy, and, picking up Mr. Kreyl, the latter had another shot. This disabled the shark, which was tewed to the shore and promptly dispatched. Bathers would be well advised to be careful, as the warm weather appears to be enticing sharks close inshore. The specimen captured yesterday was capable of making a meal of a goodsized adult.

SHARK NEAR WHARVES. About 6.30 o’clock last evening people who chanced to be on the Taranaki Street Wharf saw a 10-foot shark cruising slowly along near the surface of the water. The visitor’s long dorsal fin was protruding well above the surface. Stones were thrown at the slum., and it then swam along the front of the Jervois Quay wharf up to the inner tee of the Queen’s Wharf. Eventually it dived and disappeared. The warmth of the sea has been noticed bv swimmers lately, and it is possible that the shark is one of the many that have come down the coast in a’ warm current.