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WUS After discussion the suggestion agreed to. AYATKI? SUPPLY. Air. Iilanl; moved that in view of flic serious eondition of the water supply that the Council procure the services of ‘a municipal engineer to advise on the quest ion. of the host means of securing a- hotter supply, by a renewal or otherwise of the present system.— Seconded by Mr. Jeffries ami carried. THE. CLOCK TO AVER. Air. Blank reported that the foreman had reported that urgent repairs wore needed to the clock tower, estimated to cost at least £‘4o, .and if not attended to at once there was a liability of the beds crashing to the ground. Air. Jeffries, by leave, moved, that the Council consider the advisability ol removing the clock tower from its present location, and that permission be asked to erect- the clock on the Government Buildings, .and that the tablets and other marble work forming the memorial to the South African soldiers and others be re-erected in Cass Square in a suitable position near the cenotaph. Afr. Jeffries said that in view of the heavy expense that would be involved to put the tower in order and the fact that since tlie closing of Stafford Street, the street- at this inersectniii was not wide enough to ram the traffic, that consideration should be given to this matter. Seconded by Afr. Blank and carried. '! lie Public Works Committee w fullhoj'ised to cany out several works reeopinioMded by the Chairman. The Council rose a£ P p.m.

TJ IK DUCKS D1KI). S\ DXK.Y. April 1. A strain;,) occurrence is reported from the town of Munvillumbah, on. tlio far North Coast of Now South AN ales. A local farmer, .spending a day fishing, had among his catch a young shark about five feet in length. Ho had hauled it on the river hank, with the intention of leaving it there, when a neighbour, happening along, suggested that he should take it home and boil it down for ducks’ food. This advice the farme-fisherman accepted. He fed it to his ducks, and next morning ho found that- sixteen of them had died. As they had had no other food, it was certain that the shark flesh had caused the death of the ducks. The matter was referred to it he head of the State Fisheries Deparmcnt. who cleared the matter up by stating that probably the shark had eaten something which was poisonous, and being boiled down, the poison had permeated the whole of the flesh. Another theory was that the boiling was done in some vessel that had contained rabbit poison. '‘Shark flesh.” the expert added , ‘’is palatable to some people, and as long as the shark is examined liefore using, it- is harmless to the stomach or digestion. In this case, it appears that the shark ate something that did not agree with the ducks.”

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