Attacked By Sting-ray
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, January 11. A surfer was attacked by a sting-ray today off Ruakaka Beach, Whangarei. One of his wrists was slashed in two places and the surfer, Robert Hemingway, was taken to hospital at Whangarei.
A member of the Ruakaka Surf Life-saving Club, Mr Hemingway had been thrown from a surf board and was struggling to regain his board in shallow water when he was attacked.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30956, 12 January 1966, Page 1
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