Eels on Front Lawn

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 181, 3 August 1938, Page 4

Eels on Front Lawn

AUCKLAND RESIDENTS MABOONED Per Press Association.' AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. Maroorrea uy nooa waters to a depth ol over two feet fronting their proper* ty, residents in four houses on th* Great South road, Ellerslie, have beet* without road access since Saturday. To obtain provisions the residents walk across roughly improvised duckboardf in backyards, cross a rocky blackberry* Infected section, climb over a stone wall and walk along the railway line to the road. One resident, Mr E. A. Booth, who was putting the finishing touches to a pair of stilts, suggested that the Fixe Brigade should pump the water out ot the sections. There are still two feel of water at the back of the house. All sorts of flotsam and jetsam float around the house, but what annoys them most is a goose under the house that keeps the family awake at night. The family next door have numerous eels swimming over the front lawn, and a small boy spends his time fishing for them off the verandah. Residents complain that the contents of the Ellerslie septic tank will deposit • film on the ground when the flood waters subside.