SINGULAR PHENOMENA AT SEA.
(per press association.)
Nelson, Jauuary 10. For some months great quantities of slime have been apparent in Tasman Bay, and this slime proved highly fatal to fishOf late it has been less apparent in this vicinity but reports just in from Golden Bay state that it is proving increasingly fatal to fi3h. Tho captain of the Lady Barkely reports that in stoaming from Collingwood to Takaka, and thence to Separation Point, he passed through slime and dead fish the whoje way, the fish boing so close together that they were not a footstep apart. Ho observed hapuka, hake, schnapper, kawai, cod, herrings, gurnard, and other fish. The
beaches of Golde i Bay a•» s rewn wnh dead fish in places to a deoth of Uirae fs.jf, and such Is tho stench that ome settles cjntcmpla:c leaving .heir homes for a time. A. 6 West Wanganui tho 1 caencs are strewn with flounders and other fish. Capt. Stevens says the waters are thick with slime and appear a beautiful green by day, while at night they are like liquid fire.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 January 1901, Page 3
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183SINGULAR PHENOMENA AT SEA. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 January 1901, Page 3
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