HOKITIKA NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 11 October 1922, Page 7

HOKITIKA NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent.) Salmon trout are reported to be s< plentiful -in Mahinapua Creek iha they huAC taken to eating the keel: of the whitebait fishermen-’s boats. The local tailoring trade has bright ened up somewhat of late, and, as : result, most of the shops a;* 1 agnu winking full handed. Owing lo the bad stale of the wea ther, the local South trader Wakaiti is stiil detained here. Th? \ esse will sail for Okariio as soon as thf weather modera les. Some .1,250 pints of whitebait wen railed from Hokitika to Christchurch by last Thursday morning’s e.xpiu’ss. Th-ere is at present quite a lot of tainted butter on the local market. Probably it is some that has been hoarded in th.- refrigerators by exploiters. Yet. the public are paying I/1J per pound for this stuff, which would b? more suit aide for axle grease. It is the general opinion * commercial travellers who visit the ('oast that Hokitika has m>w bc'-ame lina ?ri;i i|v

*the solidest town on the West Coast, and tliey consider it one of the sa’cst places in New Zealand to do business. | The Hokitika bar is at present better than it has been for many years. . The channel is running straight to >ca. I carrying from 12 to 13 feet of water I *t full tide. Strange to say, we have no shipping. No difficult’' U ld bt. . experienced by manv ci inc >Hian - boats trading to Greymouth in working this port. At present the whole of the timber at the wharf siding is being j railed to Greynioutli for shipment to Australian and New Zealand ports, whereas the major portion this could be shipped from our own port if suitable vessels could lie induced to trade here. The river is again showing signs of reverting bm-k to its old course along Gibson Quay. This I should help to improve the berthing accommodation al the wharf.