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"Little Jonah' The tale of Jonah and the whale has a modern counterpart, on a smaller scale. A small central Taranaki trout, although swallowed whole by another trout, is swimniins about happily again. Not long ago the trout, emboldened probably b> the fact That he had reached nine whole inches, ventured into deep water. He reaped the harvest of his boldness when a nine-pounder made a meal of him. The big fish, however, was so rash as to swim into the intake to a dai supply, and lingering »; <•"- —«■-- depths, was caught there when the intake was being cleaned. It was not long before the trout was being cleaned? too, and when he was opened U p "little Jonah," along with two other trout in a semi-digested state. was discovered a little white about the gills' and very dazed, but otherunharmed. On being returned to the stream, his gills began to move more strongly, am a prodigious leap and sprang from the hands of his rescuers. Waitemata. Won, Strachans, Timaru and all other popular brands of Ale, Stout, and Wines. Wholesale from Guinness Bros., Ltd.

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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13242, 18 January 1941, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13242, 18 January 1941, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13242, 18 January 1941, Page 4