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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 85, 20 March 1922, Page 7

Mr. F. L. Ayson, Inspector of Fisheries, has pronounced the fish caught recently in the Rangitikei River by a local angler as a true quinnat salmon. This is the first fish of the kind that has been identified as being caught in that river, although several have previously been reported. The weight of the salmon which was sent to Wellington for identification was 9j lbs. it was taken on a gold Devon about two miles below Bulls.

The “Taranaki Daily News” reports fhaf a serious assault on a man named George Speck was committed at Midhirst on Tuesday, night. The police state that Speck, who is a mid-dle-aged man, was attacked by a man with a piece of wood, and had his head and face severely battered, and was then stabbed with a pitchfork. Subsequently a man named Edward O’Connor, who lives at the foot of the mountain, was arrested o n a charge of assaulting >Speck. O’Connor was brought before the Magistrate’s Court at Stratford. and was remanded till March 22, bail being allowed in self of £2OO or two sureties of £lOO each, or one of £4OO. Speck’s condition is not at present considered dangerous.