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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1956Vol. XXVII, No. 1

[?]ual Catch for Fiji Angler

p. 131 · Read in the full issue

R. A. Colyer, of Colyer n Pty., Ltd., will leave Sydney ngust 25 for Hong Kong, Hawaii, the United States the United Kingdom. He s to spend some time in i to familiarise himself with offee industry there. Mr expects to be back in 7 before Christmas. idier D. M. Cleland, Admin f of Papua New Guinea, who «n in Western Australia on will return to Port Moresby ?ust 15 to resume duty.

[?]arl Corbett, a well-known angler of [?]own here, was fishing for small fish i 12-ft. dinghy when he felt a power on his 35-lb nylon line. Sixty-five later, after intricate manoeuvring of [?] motor, the "fish" surfaced. It was turtle of ample proportions which, affed and hauled aboard, promptly Corbett's companion, Ted Raddock, d, broke a glass rod, and turned ines into "bird's nests". The turtle, id snagged the hook into the base of flipper, weighed in at 126 lb.

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