SHARK ATTACKS LAUNCH.
HARPOONED OFF MANGONUI. TEETH EMBEDDED IN BOAT. [by TELEORATH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] MANGONUI, Friday. While Messrs. McKay and were fishing off Mangonui yesterday afternoon a large mako shark circled round the launch and was immediately harpooned. The shark attacked the boat savagely, leaving several teeth embedded in the under side planks. The shark was caught and on being weighed at Mangunui turned the scales at 4001b.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 10
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67SHARK ATTACKS LAUNCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 10
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