MAORIS GO WHALING.
A DISASTROUS VENTURE. Wairoa, August 2. The Mahia natives, who have been preparing for some time to revive whaling on the old station, suffered a reverse on their first day out on Monday. A large whale was sighted, and the crew soon got fast, but when the monster made off the rope fouled the leg of one native, almost tearing one foot off. The whale kept going, and soon ihe boat capsized, and the whole party was in ganger of drowning till a rescue launch put out. The injured man, who was sent to the hospital, is likely to lose one foot.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1921, Page 5
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105MAORIS GO WHALING. Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1921, Page 5
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