Complaints that patches of oil are frequently encountered floating on the harbor water at Oriental Bay have been made lately by Wellington bathers. A few days ago a city, solicitor, while swimming not far from the beach, failed to notice an oil patch, with the result that ho spent t he rest of the. day ridding liis body of a. greasy brown deposit and attempting to clean Iris bathing costume. Another swimmer rose after swimming under water and found himself haloed with oil. “It took me two hours to get it out of my hair,” lie said.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18595, 4 January 1935, Page 11
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