'A Mako Weighing 315 1b, Hooked in New Zealand Waters Mr. A, L, Anderson has just turned to Shanghak from a holiday: spent in New Zealand, one of the lands of "fish stories." Mr. Ande ron has his fish story, too, but one of his experience in Shanghai had the foresight to secure a properly authenticated photograph of his big: gest catch, reproduced herewith. For a fisherman, Me. Anderson dis played a dumbfounding modesty. He said he just had been having holiday in New Zealand and had done a little fishing. In such waters, of course, he wax bound to catch all sorts of finny giants that make our ides from Hongkew Park Took no more than bait, but his best was a 315 Ib, Mako, which gave him a rare fight before he Killed it. The photograph shows Mr. Anderson beside his catch, the latter hanging on the official seales of the Bay of Islands Swordfish & Mako Club, at Russell, New Zealand, The ' "Northern Advocate" of April 4 published the following:-—"Mfr. Anderson, of Shanghai, China, out in the launch Avalon, day, landed off Bird Rock a Mako which scaled 215 Ib. The h man, Mr. Peter Williams, it was the best fighting Mako It made frantic rashes of 100 yd, at intervals, Teaping on end four times and, even after fu hour's play, coming out of the water three times. The Homeric battle lasted two hours and 25 minutes."
The paper refers to several other notable Easter catches, but the nearest approaches to Mr. Ander~ son's big fish were a Mako of 235; Wb, and a sxerdiich of 270 Ib,
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