STRENUOUS SPORT
BIG-GAME FISHING
ANIMAL WELFABE WORKER
A little elderly lady, who arrived nt Wellington by tile Ma'kura from Sydney, surprised reporters when, after describing herself as an active member of the Animal Welfare League, she added that her own particular interest was the strenuous sport of big-game fishing. She was Mrs, 0. Gibson, a Melbourne social worker, now on her. way to San Francisco.
About two years ago Mrs. Gibson fished in New Zealand waters, ofT Cape Brett, making her headquarters at the Bay of Islands. On her second day out she hooked a fine striped marl in swordfish, and after a 55-minutes' battle, succeeded in landing it. The fish measured 10ft, 7in., and weighed 2421 b. "Twice my height, and twice my weight," commented Mrs. Gibson. "1 was lucky." She stated that she had had the- fish skinned and mounted ; it. was now in her Melbourne sitting-room. When she had returned to Melbourne after her sporting triumph, she had noticed a certain coldness in animal welfare circles, due to her having indulged in a blood-sport. She did not. however, try to reconcile her two interests. It was woman's prerogative to be inconsistent, Her present visit to the States, said Mrs. Gibson, was purely a holiday trip. She hoped to try her hand again at deep-sea fishing at the famous Santa Catalina resort.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 7
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