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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 52, 25 November 1926, Page 5

An eel 3ft. sin. loug, 13in. in circumference, was captured recently in ’the pond in the Queen’s Gardens, Nelson (states the “Evening Alail”).. I his undesirable resident has made his presence well known for two years or more. He has accounted for many of the young ducks which are brought down bv their mothers from the breeding places up the Maitai River. 1 his is the third big eel that has been caught in the ponds during the past three months. Air. Frost, the caretaker, is particularly pleased at this last capture, as eels have settled every young paradise duck during the past five vears. It is believed that only small eels now remain in the ponds. While digging a drain in the Hall propertv -n Foxton. Mr. D. I\ ne '’ stubs unearthed a frotr in a Docket or the earth eighteen inches below the hutface (renortfl an exchange). The creature was quite lively. How it found its way ro far below ground and how ’ nr, P had I een enclosed there are problems hard to solve.