Providing the wen,her is suitable, Mr. Charles Perris, of Wniimi. will essay to harpoon a shark or two on Sunday in the surf at VVainui beach. Spectators who have witnessed this form of bar pooning declare it. to lie the most thrilling they have had the opportunity ol seeing, and it is in response to many requests from his friends that Mr. Ferris has derided to have a ' He’d day ’ hi tho surf. To-morrow i.e will hunt the stingray for bait, and if the water is calm and the weather sunny, he will commence proceedings at about 10 a.m, on Sunday, by laying his groundbait for the sharks. In conjunction with the shark hunt, he will conduct, a hangi, better known as kopa Maori, from which guests will be provided with luncheon. Mr. Ferris is the outstanding exponent of shark baiting in Now Zealand, and descriptions of bis activities in this direction have attracted attention in many parts of the world,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16866, 1 February 1929, Page 11
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