LARGE STINGRAY
KILLED AFTER FIGHT While his launch was lying at anchor down the Awanui Harbour, North Auckland, Mr. Ted Walker saw a large stingray on a shallow haul-: a short distance away. Arming himself with a sharpened oar handle, he set off in a dinghy to capture it.
Mr. Walker plunged the handle through the stingray’s head, but a strong wind made handling the dinghy difficult and in the ensuing struggle the stingray escaped into deep water. Shortly afterward Mr. F. Begley saw the fell further away on another shallow bank, and, with Mr. Begley at the oars, the two men set out after the stingray once more.
The stingray put up a terrific flight, but was killed after having showered the boat and its occupants with spray. It measured 7ft. fin. from the tail to the head and 4ft, fin, across. It was estimated to weigh about 4001 b. It was of the black variety and had a short, thick tail.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 14 November 1939, Page 5
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