Dynamite for Fish
People who have been killing fish with dynamite in bottles have made a popular bathing pool in the Halswell River at Motukavaka, Canterbury, very dangerous, according to Mr. F. Miller, who reported on it to the Ellesmere Lands Drainage Board. Mr. Miller said that he was certain that blasting had been the cause of it, and suggested that the bottom of the pool could be dragged to make it safe again for bathers. Another member expressed the view that for all the fish that would be taken there it could hardly be worth the trouble of blasting,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20063, 9 October 1939, Page 5
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100Dynamite for Fish Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20063, 9 October 1939, Page 5
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