FISHING EXPEDITION
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC PARTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ! ■ SENT ' 1 | Per Press Association.] TAURANGA, Feb. 8. t Two officials have been sent to Tau- J ranga by the Minister in charge of ' .Tourist and Publicity to lend all assistance possible to the Lerner scien- ' tific expedition. At Mayor Island yesterday a strong 1 •westerly wind prevented fishing. Advantage was taken by the expedition ' to make cine pictures of the work and to create plaster casts of fish. Previ- : 'ously the expedition has enjoyed very I (successful big game fishing. Captain (Hatch, a member of the expedition, says the best swordfishing in the world is at the island. ( I The expedition is covering every , angle of big game fishing, ensuring ex- , ’cellent publicity for the Dominion in the United States. The expedition returns to Tauranga on Saturday. The head of the expedition is Mr. Michael Lerner. Mrs. Lerner is with the party.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 8
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150FISHING EXPEDITION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 8
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