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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 149, 23 March 1928, Page 15

The news that the freezing companies in Canterbury have made au all-round advance of Id. per lb. in the prices paid for lambs will be welcome news to farmers, who have been late this season in getting their lambs ready for the works (states the Wainiate “Advertiser”). The late spring and rains ’in the earlier part of the summer kept the feed very soft, and lambs grew, but did not fatten well. The fat lamb season will consequently be late, and killings are likely to go on well into the winter.

“Why go all the way to Whangaroa or Mayor Island for deep sea fishing when some of the best fishing is on Auckland’s front doorstep?” said one of (he Auckland professional flshgrmen whose work takes him to various parts of the Hauraki Gulf (states the Auckland “Star”) He said that during the past few weeks both swordfish and sharks had been seen off the western shore or (he Great Barrier Island, and several fine specimens of broadbill ueie noted off Sinwson Rock, which is located on the south side of Moko Hman Islands Chatting on the subject of game fish, he said that on odd occasions - wordfish had been seen ns far down in the cuff as a few miles off Tiri. The indications were that there were excellent prospects for big game fishing much closer to Auckland than most people imagined.