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Five and a half feet long, 3ft 6ins wide and weighing 8001bs, this reptile can grow up to nine feet and weigh nearly a ton.

It is unlike any other member of the turtle or tortoise family in that in place of the usual shell back it has tough leathery skin.

This fellow would have been a rare attraction as he was a long way from home.

The breeding ground for this part of the world is the Dungun area of Malaya where they are protected.

Black and white photos and colour prints totalled 381 entries in the Gisborne Branch of the N.Z. Travel and Holiday Association's photographic competition.
The winners are Miss C. C. Miller, 7 Kingsley Road (colour) and Mr D. Whibley, 49 Oswald Street (black and white), and each will receive £50.
Having a tough time judging the entries are Messrs L. G. McCullough (art director for the National Publicity Studios), G. A. Nicholls (chairman of the Gisborne branch of the association, and A. G. Fesler (N.A.C. public relations manager.)

Gisborne Jaycees had the honour of a visit from the New Zealand Jaycee president at their tea meeting on March 7.
Flying up from Dunedin, the president, Geoff Friend, met members of the Gisborne branch and is shown here with newly elected Gisborne president Morris Bramwell (left) and regional governor Seton Clare.

This Leathery Turtle was an extremely rare catch made from the fishing vessel Akina skippered by M. Eade.
The turtle was taken to the Tauranga Marineland but unfortunately it died on the way.

Mick Sheridan, Reece Jones and Gordon Hair were the first members of the Tatapouri Fishing Club to catch albacore for the season, the heaviest weighing in at 221bs.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 153 : March 22, 1967

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