HOKITIKA NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 13 January 1928, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, January 12. The Borough Council has closed Stafford Street from Rolleston Street to Livingstone Street, to enable the staff to renew a culvert. The work is being carried out with a double row of concrete pipes in the vicinity of Mr Caliari’s residence. Specimens of a pouched lamprey, an unusually large bully, and a grayling have been presented to the Canterbury Museum by Mr D. Hope, Curator of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society’s gardens. The specimens were secured from the mouth of the Hokitika River. Mr R. Wilkinson, of the Loco Department, Ross, has returned from his annual vacation. Mr T. Pawson, Railway business agent of Christchurch, will arrive on the 14th inst., for a holiday trip. Mr Pawson has taken Mr T. Drayton’s house at Ross. The funeral of the late Mrs Sarah Taylor took place at the Stafford Cemetery yesterday afternoon, and was attended by a large number of friends. The Rev. Knowles Smith conducted the service at the graveside. A private message from Creighton, Lake Wakatipu, states that the first party of tourists to complete the round trip from Lake Wanaka through Southern Westland to Martin’s Bay, arrived hack at Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, yesterday.

Last Saturday’s Christchurch Star had a full page story of South Westland tours, contributed by Mr Eric James, extolling the scenic features of the far south, and describing the various tourist routes which could, be opened up. The tour just completed was one of the trips outlined, thus confirming the published reports. It is very satisfactory to find these very attractive parts of South Westland, though so remote, now receiving the desired attention of tourists and holiday makers. According to reports from South Westland, feed is very plentiful this season, and stock are doing excellently. Some prime bullocks will continue to come out of the district for some t ime, the supply being good. Fat lambs are also in excellent order and numerically the increase is also substantial. Settlers engaged in dairying are finding a largo increase in the milk supply, ensuring greater production in the ■matter of cheese and butter. The settlers generally have the promise of a very good season in the South. Shearing also has been very successful this season, the weather being all that could be desired for the purpose. Those engaged cropping have had a good harvest, assuring increased supplies of winter feed. The prospects for the year are therefore encouraging to those on the land.