POLLUTED STREAM
Sir,—A Maori woman, who had intended fishing in the Wainui-te-Whare stream on Sunday,- informed me that she had found in one place the dead body of a cat and in another a bag of them. This creek is appreciated as a source of healthy food for the Maori people, and young children use it as a playground. If anyone wishes to dispose of an unwanted animal, surely a less brutal and painful end could be made of it and the least that should be done is that the body should be buried. It is time that such people in a civilised community should have it brought home to them that their lazy and selfish actions are an offence against the Health Act.
Yours etc., E. D. M. BURGESS
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 68, 23 March 1949, Page 4
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130POLLUTED STREAM Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 68, 23 March 1949, Page 4
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