BATHERS AND SHARKS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 24 January 1912, Page 5

BATHERS AND SHARKS.

i UNWELCOME VISITORS AT AUCK. jjjM 1 Auckland, January 22. '. 3§H Bathers at Shelly Beach yesterday |jjM were rudely disturbed by the sudden a P" ; -, ; 38 pearance of three sharks. A number of'fl persons were in keen enjoyment of the / J JM I delights of a dip in the briny when tb«.'2al i intruders made their appearance. Tb.a:')j|M t effect was electrical, and a scene of wild 'MM ? confusion took place as the bathers raced J9| 3 for the shore. Xo timekeeper was pre*-; MM . ent to record the time taken in " the shore, but from unofficial sources its-ttJflM c is computed that all records were WJlynaßl ;. broken, besides which many novelty' 'IM s strokes in the art of swimming were htfrffiß i- troduced. The three sharks came elOMtslS 3, into the shallow water,, and could be a, easily distinguished. One of them was 1 ||H :* estimated to be about ten feet long. v ,||B a, Their appearance created such a l- that bathing was not a popular pastime fJW i- for the rest of the day, bathers prefer- mm r- ring to watch the finny monsters -frotti\|M y, I the security of the beach. '/MM