Whale Ashore At Waitarere Attracts Interest.
A Jarge whale, believed to be a ihember qf fhe sb'efm fairiiiy, was wasHefl. ashdfe at Waitarere Beach By the heavy geas which pounded the jcoast on "Friday. It now lies paftially submerged in the sdfid in thb tifcinity of the Wreeked Hydefabad; . The. whale is some 35 feet .in iength and ten feet thrbugh. its condition would ihdicate that. if had iidt been dedd ldhg tieftire bdiiig dedbsited dii thd BeSeh. NeWs of its presenee soori spread and during the , weekend hundrecjs Of people viewed the carcase. While tpday it is a ridVelty, iti d feW days time it might brbve a vety real sOiirefe of riuisancej partieulkrly tO beach residents. In its preSent frosition the disposal of the whale's carcase might constitute somefhihg of a brOblem.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1948, Page 4
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