A huge skate was caught off the Port Melbourne Railway Pier recently on a shark line, after an exciting struggle. It measured 6ft 3in from head to tip ot tail, and oft (jin across. Its normal length would probably haye been nearer Bft, the tail having been mutilated, probably in an encounter with some other marine monster. A
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16428, 23 January 1919, Page 8
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58Untitled Press, Volume LV, Issue 16428, 23 January 1919, Page 8
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