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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 20 March 1928, Page 9

As four bathers, Messrs. A. Brand, E. Brand, J. L. Scott, and B. Burgess, were about to enter the surf at North Brighton at seven o’clock last evening, their attention was drawn by a woman to what appeared to ho a body floating in the surf, states a Christchurch message. The swim mens immediately went to investigate and found the object was a shark. Providing themselves with a- stout f.tiek they attacked tlie shark, and Mr. A. Brand at length succeeded in ramming the stick' down the fish’s throat. The bathers then dragged the shark ashore, but on the sand the fish struggled free and again the stick was rammed down his throat. The men then dragged him above the high, water mark. Tlie fish was a blue pointer shark, a dangerous species, and was 7ft llin long.