SPONGE BEDS ON OUR COASTS.
-BE'-GOOIX;K|KiI '■} ; A \ little,; to Me.:;narth '• \ 0f;.,: WhangarpsC.:? \ ■. ; Harbour—that is; to .say, H ''ats- a:)/point->' : );i, (known;■ as. Toobung. (says ■.. the '- v Tafanaki ..■:. ';, ; '''Herald")—it(ihas.: ; been. : . ■ amply. ~demon*,'.::::---Strated-that there.-.exists':a "sponge.-bed,v- 5 andthat the. spongers, of ■ superior, quality -:-.;-J \ t0...-that found':; inthe'.Mediterranean,-:but'. »-::. of'what extent the; bed may-be.has-neyerO. : rbeen;.? ascertained:^:'After;.: every the residents '■■ are: able to. Supply'■: them.:.;;..'|. selves/'withi-pjentyi-of :.sponges j that -have •beeV.!'tori-':-away.'-:,frbm\\?tiiev. i .TOcb:V/and',^^i: ; washed ashore;'.;: Samples were .sent; by one.-,;.,,: of. their, representatives "to:. Messrs; -Bur T ; ; » f ', goyne. -: andv -'Burgess,,-. • manuf actaring.;;,:;;..,' Chemists,'London',:-and"'' .they, pronounced v, % them'- excellent;:offering'agood^price'-for': : .:- the'' sponges: if..taken : ; y;; An-.attempt-:'basebeen..-made: to. get='-a:./;- ■?. supply,:- but: for'. lack:jbf '■' capital the■■* iifeV-v' dustry was -not -.'exploitedv.further;:;;&■.,'/:' : ■-. 'i. •'.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 4
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112SPONGE BEDS ON OUR COASTS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 4
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