Tho electric light has found a novel einpayment in the hands of some ingenious Frenchmen, who have lately, by permission of their govcrinntnt, been experimenting vidiit as a lure for fish. ’l’he lamp was •:onlai:a <i in an air-tight globe, ami was lowered at night into the sea, witlr the result that thousands <>; fi-h of all sizes were attractcd to its brilliant light. Boats furnished with nets gradually closed in upon the living mass and made a great haul of fish.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1302, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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81Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1302, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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