A STRANDED WHALE
By Telegraph.—Press Association. New Plymouth, May 10. There was somo excitement on the sea beach this afternoon, eoDsequont upon a humpback whale being in difficulties near the shore in tho vicinity of the oil well. A workor at the well got a rope, waded into tho sea, and lassoed '.lie tail. With assistance tho whaio was brought ashore. .Jt wa.s found to bo fchirty-fivo feet long, girth nino feet, breadth' at tail twelve feet.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3081, 11 May 1917, Page 5
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77A STRANDED WHALE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3081, 11 May 1917, Page 5
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