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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16694, 28 March 1922, Page 7

in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday n dispute over expenses an decommission was heard between K. T. HBrown, agent (Mr A. T. Donnelly") and Messrs Evans and Bull (Mr <>. T. J. Alpers). Plaintiff claimed £7/5 in all. On the application of Mr Donnelly, after tho hearing of considerable evidence. tho case was adjourned till April 3. Consequent on the loss of two lives through a- shark attacking surfers at been made in the Press of ß that city ,n regard to destroying the monsters.. Diver Jackson recently undertook to don his diving outfit, and search for the man-eating shark in his lair at Coogee, and a large crowd assembled on the berrtdi, but the search did not materialise, the reason given being that the day was not suitable. Diver Albert, however, scouts the possibility of Diver Jackson’s success. ” His statements that lie will enter the water and offer himself as a bait for the sharks, and as they attack him slay them with a knife, arc surprising, fu say the least of them,” lie said, " “ During the thirtysix years I have been diving in all parts of the world I have never been attackj by a shark, even though the waters j have often been shark infested. At- one time in ' hot ’ waters where the sharks were thick we were yearling, over 400 divers were at ‘work every day of the week, but not a man was attacked. I say emphatically that a shark has never been known to attack a man in a diving dress. I am, furthermore, prepared to back up my statements by offering Diver Jackson £SO if he can get within twenty feet of a shark.” Another diver had supported Diver Jackson, and the controversy was raging when the last mail left Sydney.