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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 12

Warnings to bathers are being issued throughout New Zealand to beware of sharks, which aro apparently more n»> nierous this year than at any other time Awanui Harbour (North Auckland) i« said to be teeming with them this son son, and every week-end fishing parties obtain large numbers. As a result of one day’s fishing recently a launch parti landed 42. and a week previously a record catch of 72 sharks was established A warning to sounds picnic nnd camp ing parties to beware of sharks was conveyed to a "Blenheim Express” repre tentative. It is stated that, there were more sharks in the sounds this year than had ever been known, and it was common to see them It to 16 feet in length. Prior to the visit of ocean liners to the port of New Plymouth, sharks were rarelv seen, and bathers had no fear of taking lengthy swims: but there is no security now. and extra caution should he exercised (says tho "Herald”). Tn tho open roadstead days some bathers would swim nearly a mile out. and after a rest on one of the anchorage buoys, quietly return to the shore. ' Tt is to be hoped that there arc no such venturous spirits in there days.

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