HEAVY TOLL TAKEN
TROUT POISONED IN AVON RIVER. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, April 6. Hundreds of dead trout floated down the Avon this afternoon. Some poisonous substance whieh fwnd its way into the river, took heavy toll and the spectacle of the fish floating down stream attracted a large number of people at the bridges in the city. The curator for the Acclimatisation Society stated this afternoon that he had made a brief inspection but had not then ascertained what length of the river had been affected or the nature of the poison. A few years ago the fish were affected in a similar fashion. ________
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Southland Times, Issue 19837, 7 April 1926, Page 6
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