A VORACIOUS FISH.
AN INDIGESTIBLE MEAL. PBB PRBBS ASSOCIATION. Wakapuaka, April 19. Much lo th» relief of the Osibla offichls the cause of the last fault in the Ctble, which the Recorder repaired some oUja ago, has been definitely ascertained. On the passage across to Sydney the electrician* oo the ship closely examined a piecs of cable which they cat out, and found a fi<h bits had nearly cut the wire through* Half an inch of tooth was embedded in the core. The eabia was lying in 330 fathoms of water at thi locality of the faul l -, and the cabU officials stite thet such an occurrwcca ia m st unusual at that depth. From one point of view this discovery is extremely welcome, inasmuch as the there of the rocky ledge which is known to exist at th* locality ofjthi fault does no*; present quite such dangerous character is ics as at first attribu'ed to it.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 7, 20 April 1901, Page 3
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157A VORACIOUS FISH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 7, 20 April 1901, Page 3
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