POLLUTED CREEK
ONE MILE OF DEAD FISH
CHRISTCHURCH. May 25
Fish and plant life, were kil.ed o.ei a- 'ciisfciHrce Vif a mile in the Kaputnne Creek, Belfast, in January, win n the ’’wifter was polluted' by caustic waste dd'mjrpthe coaprmaking plant of the Zeal a noli a Candle and Trading Co., Ltd. The firm pleaded guilty before Mr H, I*. La wry, S.M., this*'.-morning, to a charge that on January 14, at Belfast, liquid injurious to fish" was allowed to flow into the creek._ .The Magistrate said that it was no£,.a ,-case for exemplary punishment as tlie firm had not been in the habit- of committing the •offence. He imposed; a fine of £1 and !costs f
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1932, Page 6
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117POLLUTED CREEK Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1932, Page 6
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