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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22318, 4 February 1938, Page 12

A good deal of preparatory work remains to be done before a start can be made with the dredging of the large mud well on Mr J. Todd's property at Makirikiri (Wanganui) for the recovery of moa remains. At present four Public Works Department employees are engaged in erecting plant in readiness for the commencement of actual operations. A derrick and grab will be used for bringing the mud and moa bones to the surface, and with this plant it is hoped to make a thorough excavation of the deposit. Previously the well was worked to a depth of only six feet. A tramline of 100 yards has been laid down for trucking the spoil away from the deposit. The museum authorities consider that with the £ 1200 made available by the Government, and the "co-operation of the Public Works Department, the moa remains should be thoroughly explored this summer. On the Continent it is by no means unusual to find in cafes and restaurants large glass tanks, from which live fish are taken and killed, cleaned, and cooked according to the wishes of patrons, said Mr Ferdinand Hansen, an American visitor to Auckland. The fish often are carried great distances between the rivers where they are caught and the place where they are eaten, and, apart from the novelty of being able to choose one's own fish, one is sure of its being quite fresh, Mr Hansen said.