HUGE SHARK
CAUGHT BY MR ZANE GREY
RECORD FOR MERCURY BAY
WHITJANGA, December 22,
«A monster thresher shark was captured yesterday by Mr Zane Grey, fishing off Mercury Bay in his new launch Frangipani.
.The shark was -caught • after a 2J hours’ fight' and is 'claimed to be the record thresher shark for these waters. It measured ,161 t. in length, olt. in girth and. weighed 6221 b. Fish are reported to he plentiful,
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1932, Page 3
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74HUGE SHARK Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1932, Page 3
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