BITTEN BY SHARKS
EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN. TIMELY WARNING IGNORED. Suva, July 28. Narnak, a Punjabee, is the servant of Mr. A. H. Martin, who has a property on the Tamavua River. He is devoted to his master, who is the Fiji ornithologist, and when a duck of value was loose, Narnak went out in pursuit. The duck took to the water, and Narnak foolishly followed. The place is noted for sharks and is alongside the slaughter yards. A Fijian girl, seeing the Indian’s purpose, shrieked to him to “ware sharks,” but his purpose was too important to listen. He swam into the river, and at once was attacked by whit is believed to have been a school of young sharks. Narnak with difficulty reached the bank and when his master reached him he found him in a state of collapse, and covered, with bites. He is recovering from his dreadful experience.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1931, Page 5
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