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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 May 1925, Page 9

It is remarked that Queen Elizabeth believed in a strong navy, and to ensure having one she had a law passed ordaining that everybody should eat fish every day during Lent and on other specified days. Non-compliances led to a heavy fine. And lest anyone should mistakenly think that religion had anything to do with it, it was plainly' laid down that the Queen needed ships for the “defence of the realm.” and the fishing industry was “the chiefest nurse for the bringing up of youth for shipping.” The Sargassa Sea, a tract ‘of seaweed in the North Atlantic which no storm has ever dissipated, has often been, called “the ocean’s secret drawer,” and is said to be the hiding place of strange fish and monsters of the deep. The sea will be searched by an American scientist party' which has sailed from New York on board the Acturus with dredge trawl, trap-net and hook, and the Acturus will also carry a diving apparatus on submerged platforms. It is hoped to capture a living specimen of the. giant squid, which measures 80ft across. >- LATE ADVERTISEMENTS. T OST—Vicinity Regent and High Streets, sum of money; reward at Star Office. rpo LET —7-i'oomed house, South Rond. Apply 13 Argyle Street. "lAOR Sale—About 2500 good clean secJL ond-haiicl bricks. Apply' E. A. Paeev, Builder, Hawera.