A RECORD SWORDFISH.
' CAUGHT OFF CAPE BRETT, TOO LARGE FOR THE SCALES. [bt telegraph.—press association.] RUSSELL. Thursday. Yesterday Mr. Went-worth's party in Mr. Walker's launch caught a s vordfish too largo for 5201b. scales to weigh. This is easily a record. It took over two hours to land the monster, which was taken off Cape Brett. Major Whitney, who is 88 years old, has gone out in the launch Alma G., determined to break all records for swordfish or rnako shark.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18942, 13 February 1925, Page 8
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81A RECORD SWORDFISH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18942, 13 February 1925, Page 8
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