WHALES IMPERIL BOAT
FRIGHTENED BY SHOTS BRISBANE, duly 4. Thousands of whales were seen b\ Mr. Wally I'ankhurst, of Rose- Bay, Sydney, in liis voyage up the coast- from Sydney to Sou Alport in his 16ft. skiff, The Pup. He is on his way to the Barrier Reef and Thursday Island on a pleasure cruise. Some of the whales came close to his boat, and fearing that one of them might, rise under it. he frightened them away bv firing several shots from a rifle. When off Bellringer Head he witnessed a terrific struggle within £oyds. of his boat between an 80ft. whale and several thresher sharks and swordfish. The water was red with blood from the whale, which bellowed like a bull. At times it jumped almost out of the water, showing huge gashes in its.sides.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19070, 18 July 1936, Page 2
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137WHALES IMPERIL BOAT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19070, 18 July 1936, Page 2
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