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Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 7

A report from Apia states that the damage by storm on January 1 was not so great as supposed. The most that the gale did was to break oft' the young leaves and uproot old trees. Sir Cobcroft estimated his loss at 40 acres. The Utamapu plantation, recently taken up by Dr Lockhart Cottle, of England, was badly affected, but not so much m the planted area as in tho bush land, where hundreds of trees were laid flat. On the cast coast of Savaai the damage was comparatively small. Off Capo Brett last woek Mr Deaton, of Australia, captured the first thresher shark of the season, a monster of 4201 b. The length of the body was 7ft, and the tail Oft lOin, It was hooked through the lips. The shark is being sent to the Moerewa Freezing Works, and thence to the Wanganui Museum.