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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12903, 2 July 1936, Page 8

Chinese have known for centuries the trick of inserting an. irritant-into an oyster to form a cultivated pearl. American manufacturers make tho artificial variety by coating a sphere with a solution made from fish scales. Both products sell for a fraction of the price of real pearls. But one ingredient eludes the most skilful, manufacturer—glamour.

To bo killed by a swordfish, as Las happened to a Gold Coast fisherman, is a rare event, but tho risk is wellknown to those who engage in the fishery. The “sword”, is a formidable weapon—in this case it was two feet long—and has been driven into timber a depth of nine inches. But the. swordfish, like tiro boo, can only strike to its own perdition, for in most cases it has not the strength to extricate the blade. Attacks by swordfish on ocean-going ships (probably mistaking these for whales) aro so common as to be included among/ “sea. risks.”