SHARKS AT MAKETU.
SKILFUL CAPTURE BY MAORIS. I [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] TE PUKE, Monday. A shark Bft. 6in. long was caught on a line yesterday at Maketu. A couple of hundred picnickers ou the beach witnessed the capture, which was skilfully made by several Maoris. A number of other sharks were noticed in the vicinity. Toe natives report that it is only within the past three years that sharks in large numbers have been neei! in the Maketu waters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 8
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79SHARKS AT MAKETU. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 8
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