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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1453, 12 September 1885, Page 4

An oxrrnoviHnary encounb r l»o---tween two pike has taken place m the river a^ NewnHstle on-Tyno, 'whroh shows the forocii-y of th'-se fith A gentleman fsnvs n So nth land cont,»mpornry) oKspvol Mm fish m the wafer apparently 'V. The "smalTep of (lie two had ma V « franfcio effort to swallow hi=? large rival, and succeeded m getting the pntire hea', m the shoulder, of his victim wedsrod m liis throat. In this position the fish were helpless, .but thrown on the l^anic, they displayed signs of life, freed thamselves from thier novel si < nation, nnd gf>ve their cn?>tor a Urp]y h'me of it. The dimensions of the fish were : — The small one, 2ft Ion?. 9in. spHh, and weight 3£ lbs. ; the othrr he wrs trvinar fo put out of w'ffht was 2ft Gin long, 11 Ah), girth, s^l'«R.