NEWS AND NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 28 April 1910, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

When .passing' up • the coast, reports Mr H. Hart, mate of the Jane Douglas,. a large fire was observed about twenty miles isouth of . Mount Cook almost on 'the snow line.

Mr Cottrell has been appointed a Pjablic Notary., . the first, to hold tn<* office in Westport s^ince the removal froni "Westpqrt of Mr J. Bickerrton Pi»her. The' office is an appointment for the < Archbishop of Canterbury.

VDr Bell, the Government Geologist foi* the Dominion of New Zealand has been asked by the British Admiralty -to f eport on 'the oilfields of New Zealand, arid has reported favorably." — Extract from "The Navy."

For five years a Nelson grower has cleared £200 a year from the' fruit off a hundred acres. A Riwaka grower took £1100 worth off nine acres last season.

The North Island Band!- Contest held at Wanganui recently resulted in » profit of £205. The gross receipts f>>tall<xl £953.

The s ? 's Jane Douglas anchored off the Hokitika roadstead on Tuesday morning l&sti and fishing lines were pui 'out and some eighty schnapper, fotir? or five ling, and some half-a-dozeri groper were caught. The 'haul may' be attributed' to the fin© weather prevailing, and the vessel having by chance dropped across a "feeding ground" at bn opportune time. The haul g^es to prove that trawling operations would be successful in the vicinity. Yesterday's catch was read- ! Uy disposed of and there is unquestionably a splendid market for fresh fish in Hokitijsa and district. — Times.