Trout Brought South
(N.Z. Press Association) BLENHEIM, Dec. 11
Eight thousand Rotoruabred rainbow trout on Tuesday pioneered a new development in New Zealand transporttaion.
The yearling fingerlings were released in a Marlborough stream 24 hours after being loaded into a special tank at the Rotorua hatcheries.
They emerged "fighting fit” after a 330-mile road journey and a three hours and a half tri pin the Aramoana to Picton.
Health Department statistics for the three-year period beginning in 1959 show that 1316 out of 3668 children suffering from tetanus died of this disease in Ceylon.— Reuter.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30312, 12 December 1963, Page 15
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