SHARK CAPTURED. CHRISTCHURCH, March 19. As lour bathers—Messrs A. Brand, K. Brand, J. ],. Scott ami B. Burgess, were about to enter the surf at North Brighton at seven o’clock this evening, their attention was drawn by a woman to what appeared to lx.* a body floating in the surf. The swimmers immediately went to investigate and found that the object was a shark. Providing themselves with stout sticks hey attacked the shark and A. Brand at length succeeded in ramming a stick down the fish’s throat. The bathers then dragged the shark ashore, but on the sand the fish struggled free and again the stick was rammed down his throat. The men then dragged him above the high water mark. The fish was a Blue Pointer shark, a dangerous species, and was 7ft, llin,
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1928, Page 2
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134Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1928, Page 2
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