WHALE AGROUND
QN BEACH AT TAURANGA VIOLENT BUT FUTILE STRUGGLE. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 7. A whale, measuring about 65 feet in length, became stranded on the beach in the Tauranga Harbour, near the Mount Maunganui railway wharf, last night. The attention of Mr Vickers, opposite whose house the whale ran aground, was arrested by the sound of struggling and puffing made by the whale in its distress. Rallying forth with a stick and light, Mr Vickers saw the whalo struggling in the shallow water. Lt was blowing periodically and lashing the water into foam with its huge tail. With tho rising of the tide it was expected the monster would free itself, but evidently in its struggles it had embedded itself deeply in the sand. Daylight disclosed wounds on the carcase of the whale, evidently the result of an attack by swordfish. It is thought the whcale made its way Ao the harbour to escape the swordfish. If this theory is correct it wonld indicate that swordfish do not entirely leave these shores during the winter.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19914, 9 August 1927, Page 7
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178WHALE AGROUND Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19914, 9 August 1927, Page 7
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