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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 47, 23 August 1902, Page 5

Attention is directed to the abridged prospectus of tho Hikuraki Fisheries and Electrical Power Company (Limitod), appearing in our advertising columns. Fishing oporationn are roportou to have been successfully conducted at tho Bluff, and round about (Stewart's Island, and also at Auckland, and in view of tho vast quantise* of fish said to bo procurable m the Marlborough Sounds, and in various other parts of Cook Strait — waters within a few hours' steam of Wellington*— it is conßidored by- competent judges a filhing ground whion can bo very profitably exploited. It is reoogniied by local fishermen that tho Pfilorua Sound, the neighbourhood of D'Urvillo Island, and. other comparatively tdjaoent localities, conntituto excellont permanent fishing ground* ; but thoy havo hitherto had very HttU attention, owing mainly to the difficulty ' of landing fish from them in Wellington in sound condition. With refrigerating works central 'to the fishing grounds and a cold storage transport, at contemplated by tho schema now under notioe, that disadvantage would bo disposed of. It has boon statod by oxperti thnt tnoro is^ no food supply which san be more satisfactorily frozon than fish, provided the article bo absolutely fresh when introuucod to tho refrigerating process. It is considered by those interested in the protect - that the Cook Strait fisheries can be mado % sourco of very great profit, and inch should be eipeoially a mattor of local congratulation if it bo realised by * company originating in Wellington. With resneot to, the power ispeot of the schema presented, cheap motive energy ia attractive to manufacturers everywhere, «nd when such can be nroduoed on the shoro of a natural harbour, or an ocean, highway, it should oomjnand Attention. It is quite plain that if hydrauho energy otn be made to perform the duty hitherto doveloped by coal, even at the same cost of installation, the saving effected must be enormous. Mr. F. S. Cory, land agent' of Greystreet, reports tho following sales of proP«ty during the past week: -City, centrtil, land 60 x 70 and buildings and machinery thereon ; Tosman-rtreet, land 3* V 110 and^oven-roomed dwelling, prices ro•erved by request ; .Wand Bay, qunrtorwor * mt j, £9 !P° f e . r * oro - Tho ogenov business advertised in our columns has aleo boen disposed of." Mr. Oory oalls the attontion. of intondtntj: buyer* to his advertisement in this issue. , > It has boon decided to inaugurate ,■£ a series of excursions to California, the fiT*t to loave Auckland by tho Ventura on 28th August, followed by' tho Sierra, on 19th September, and tho Sonoma on 10th October, and every thr.ee weeks thereafter if sufficient inducement offers. The excursion will in a manner take the form of an extended picnic, and includes firstclass return passage betwoon Auckland and San Franoisco, hotel expenses during stay of the steamer in Son Frnnoisco, wy ton days, giving patrons. tho option of sponding^ tho whole time in San Franoisco and living at the far-ftmod OcoidonUl Hotel, or affording a run by train to Monterey, milos south from San Franoisco ; alto hotel expenses >t the Hotel Del Monte, which is olaimed to be the most luxurious hotel palace in tho world. It is said of Monterey that while it affords all bho advantages of a secluded country and seaside resort, its visitors have at hand all the facilities offered by its dose oonnocton wth tho metropolis of tho Pacifio coast. The fare for thia attractive trip, ' including transportation and, hotel exnenoes, has been -fixed at £60. Messrs. w. M. Bnnnalyne and Co., Ltd., we the Iceal agonta for the Ooeanio Steamship Company, and will be glad to afford all information to intending voyagers. 1 Mossrs Pearson and Co,, land auctioneers of this, city, advertise a two days' auction on the premises of Mr. H. M. Brown, general storekeeper, Olaki, when- his valuable freehold property situated near tho oentfti of the town, with lai-go well built ■ ,*t(We, dwelling, outhouses,' and acetylene ''$a> plant complete, will be' submitted to auctjon. The stock of drapery, hardware, "glassware, houiohold furniture, piano, and . fill sundries \f itt *lso b,o brought under ttm hamnw during" tho 11th and 12th SopUmber. M the same tints will be sold «.- J-nore seot'on situated in Soddon-street, W«.roroa, 7 evin, rlose to the railway station. Ab Mr. Brown is leaving the district, property and -store must be gold.