A number of young sharks from nine inches to a foot long were caught off the Stanley Bay Jetty recently, The warm weather bad evidently attracted quite a shoal of the baby maneaters to come into the harbour, and, judging by the size of their mouths, ' they could a? even this learly stage of their development give a nasty bite to a bather's leg. Many years ago at the roadstead in New Plymouth a number of bathers were bitten by young sharks, and had pieces of flesh torn out of their legs, which took a long time to heal, and proved very painful. STARTLING- BARGf^AINa Hair Nets 6 for Is, Hair Pins 2 boxes of 100 for 3d.—The Big Sale.—Collinson and Gifford, Ltd. SHABLAND'S MALT VINEGAR makes delightful salads. Brewed from malt and sugar. Free from mineral acids. Conforms to requirements of Food and Drugs Act. Obtainable from H. J. Boughton. 1
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Taihape Daily Times, 11 February 1919, Page 4
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152Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Taihape Daily Times, 11 February 1919, Page 4
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