A STRANDED WHALE.
(Per Press Association. ) Auckland, last rjight. Last night, as Captain Deveii-p, 0 f the Albatross, was walking aloDg ',be besoh between the Northcoto and Uirkenhoad Points, his attention was arrested by a heavy blowing noise out in tho hay. On approaching the spot ho saw a monstrousI fish apparently stranded on a mudbank and making vigorous but ineffectual efforts. to esbapo. With some assistance Captain Deve'lin went- out to the fish, which proved to bo (a whale ol the bottle nosed species,. about :25 foot-in length, and secured it by the tail with a chain. The tide was a : mos dead- low at tho time. As tho tide rose they bouled the.whaic up the beach, and ' finally lyjQorod him to a pobulukawa tree- v j under tho .bank. -Whejta._Ti-U
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1510, 19 July 1905, Page 2
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132A STRANDED WHALE. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1510, 19 July 1905, Page 2
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