A QUEER CATCH.
STAG IN A FISHING NET. Mr J. Grupen, an Onehungn fisherman* pays that ho has often been surprised at tho contents of his fishnm nets alter drawinß them, but he. got tin; snfpvip oi hm rilfe tho otlrcr day, according UHheAiicitland "Star," when he landed n woli-eon-dilioncd slag. Mr. Grupen Imd placed hm pel- on what is known as (ho nmtdlo batik in (he Miuilikaii Harbour, belwwti. dm north channel Iraveived by coastal ors and tlm south channel "sod by th« \Viiiuku steamer. The entrance into tlm cl'iiinels is at tho Horn, (ravelling from Oiipluuwa. As already stated, tho net contained a stag with anders quite I irc« fed low;. H lia'l lnc appearance of hav. in.' iiist died when caught, as its nVsh' v.as (inito sweet and fresh. Someone said it' was six years old. How tho animal I,'iit into live' harbour is h mystery, and iilso'whero it came from. It may liavo been chased from the Wiiitalievc and fallen over a cliff inlo tho Manukaii linrhouv. Tho middle lmnk is always bnrfl for miles nt low water, and no doubt llm animal uot stranded there and was grnaiinllv forced on to tho highest point of lh» bank hv the flood tide milil it got entangled' in the net and drowned.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 4
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215A QUEER CATCH. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 4
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