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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6

The Government's experiment mi placing salmon u\ a in i lie ice-led river of the South Island is proving n gratifyin" succeed. The Minister in charge < ,! lishcrics, Hon. Dr. MeNab. states that salmon itp lo lolb. and 2Ulb. in weight arc now being caught in Llio southern rivers. Tlie Minister has authorised Mi W. T. Jennings. 'l.!'., I'or Tannianimii. who is at prescnl in Auckland, In ascer Lain whether Ihe upper waters ol the Wungaiiui River, which have then' source near Ku» point, are suitable lor salmon. The maximum temperature must nol exceed ~>l degrees. Mr Jennings is arranging lor the necessary ir: i s ol temperature in Ihe waters in (jue.si ion. ih.w ihe Hvit i.sli cruiser ( leopal iiin :i German torpedo boa I desl royci , iean in two was told n the IVize ('onrl. Tiir occurrence look place or. tho night of '..'otli March last. Commandos Loder S.vmond's aflidavil showed ilial lie discerned sparks which appeared to issue from ' a coal-burnin; vessel on hU porl bow, and lurned to nun her. lie al once made out two enem\ torpedo-boat destroyers, and. steaming at l! 0 knots, iiit the reai enemy l'ioai fairly amidship, cul ting hei in half, lit' saw 1 the Separate halves Hoai bv on either side ol his vessel. While 'he did no! actually see either half sink, it was impossible that they could survive in such a stale. ( urnmander Amlerson •• ialed that an affidavit had been prepared by_tin 1 Scereiar\ ol I lie Admiralty, which showed iha'i the German casualty list indicated thai the vessel destroyed was the Gorman torpedo-boat destroyer G,\M. Ninety-three lives were loeil when she went- down. Sir S. Evans made the remark that the fact that the Cleopatra should have gone right thr aigh the detroyer was a very good piece ol work. Commander Anderson replied thai Ihe Cleopatra was leading a column ol ships lon a dark uiglr.. She simply );m her I helm over to the suspicious object her icommancV.' had observed and plunged Iriuht ihiv i:di it:.