_An eel of record .size was caught by Ngairu, a Wairarapa Maori, in the Muungutarere Stream tho other day. The monster measured 9ft in length, and turned the scale at 681b. It was >ecurcd by nivalis of the spear. An exciting time- was experienced in endeavouring to secure another eel, thought to be of even larger size. In its struggles "it bent the spear nead 1 and succeeded in getting, clear away,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13648, 16 January 1908, Page 5
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