DEEP-SEA FISHING
DR. PIERCE RETURNING. Received Jan. 10, 11.50 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. A passenger aboard the outgoing Maunganui is Dr. George Pierce, doyen • American deep-sea sportsman, who is making his third fishing expedition to the South Seas. He intends endeavour- ' ing to further supersede Zane Grey’s ■ records. Dr. Pierce, who is a retired New York surgeon, recounted a 13-hours’ > battle in landing a 10001 b. black marlin. Mr. Grey admits Dr. Pierce’s record for the Bay of Islands territory.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 7
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