Apropos of tlie recent Alocraki bathing fatality, in which a gentleman was attacked by a shark while swimming, tlie Auckland Weekly News quotes ail authority who states that there is no danger from sharks near the shore when the tide is ebbing. AVliile the tide is flowing the sharks will come .close inshore, but when it begins to ebb the^ 3 go furtlici out owing to tlie danger there is of them being left high and dry. Bench bathers should make a note of this.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 27 March 1907, Page 2
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