TWO SHARKS LANDED
(By Tslegrsph.) (Special to "The Evening Pest.") g„ AUCKLAND, This Day.y. ... The catching of sharks within thai- ■ harbour is common nowadays. S. A. • -••_ Tilly, of Pohsonby road, yesterday; "' "■ afternoon landed two large specimen! within half an hour from the end of, ..,, the Ponsonby Wharf. Tilly hoe_§£.., three sharks, but one escaped. , Those-. : - captured -were male and female. The ■■■■■■ larger fish, which was of the grey nurse-, . variety, was 9ft in length, 4ft 9in in.,':'.. girth, and weighed 4001b. The other.', shark was Bft 9in in length, but consid-" "- erably smaller in girth. The fish were' • ■>- landed after being played for flfteea ■ v minutes. ■■•~-
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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