THRILLING CAPTURE
RASH SHARK HUNTER
(By Telegraph.—Pre3s Association.)
GISBOBNE, This Day.
A thrilling capture of a 10-foot shark took place on the Wainui Beach yesterday, when Charles Ferris entered the water to his shoulders and fed stingray bait to the sharks seen cruising in the vicinity. Four of them rushed to the bait, and approached quite close to Ferris, who harpooned the largest of them, and then hastened ashore. The captured shark weighed 400H>; . -■-•• •"■'"' ~ ■-.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 10
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74THRILLING CAPTURE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 10
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