BANK NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2086, 15 February 1894, Page 19

BANK NOTES.

' -The Tapanui Courier says;— "Mr Thos. Edr -wards hooked a 6lb trout in the Pomahaka, -.jasf; beside the old flaxmill at the railway station, ' the other night. The six-pounder was a regular , beauty, and well worth capturing. The river ■ is not giving anglers anything like sport this ' season, and it is hoped that a better spell will rset in." A sturgeon, weighing 7551b, and measuring lllft 5 : .n in length, has been caught in the . Columbia river at Washington. An apparatus for fishing by electricity has ' been introduced, consisting of a large iron frame interlaced with netting, which can be opened • and closed at the will of the operator. An .electric light encased in a lantern is lowered •into the net, the electricity being furnished by .a motor in the bow of the boat. As the boat imoves along the network is thrown open, and tthe bright light of the lamp, which is seen at a igreat distance in the clear water, arouses the .curiosity of ttbe fish, which swim into the trap. ?Jr .Tames Patterson, of Mainholm, had (says ft writer in the Tapauvi Courier) novel "xperie-noe with an cc! while fishing iv tbe Pomahaka the other day. Patterson hooked a i--nn*- /'<dthe fjsh wa3 just about played out, when"a water-.sV.ijCu i;- ISOc1 SOc its appearance, e»g,f i tor a cut in. I'altfraon also wanted the IjsL, | and bht contest commenced in earnest (there I was no totaliflfttor. or else tbe single spectn'or 3 would have plunged on the eel ') Eventually the fight turaed in favour of the slippery monster, and as a last resource I'atterson tackled the eel • with the gaff-hook, and succeeded in landing ■ him high and dry, the eel iv turn landing the • brout simultaneously. We understand the eel , scaled about 301b, and was particularly active. As our informant (late Ranger M'Cormaok) '• was an eye witness to the above, there is no . doubting the veracity of the experience. She Trusted Him. —Ruin had overtaken him. humiliated, he stood before the woman he loved and awaited hi? fate. ' ' Speak, • &c groaned; "lam prepared for the worst. i Moving swiftly across the room, she laid ncr Y<hand tenderly on hiß shoulder. His being \, thrilled with renewed courage. "Then you lfcave trust in me ?" he eagerly exclaimed. She -smiled "Can you doubt me? "she asked in isweet reproach " When you came to me and ttold ,me you had caught 47 trout, each rtlf a -weight of lib and upward, I ttielieved you. Why, then, should you question menow?" Supported by her lov<», he laughed the world,.to scorn. The -Waikawa correspondeat of the boutu- j land Times .writes :— " As an evidence of the writability ef . the Waikawa river for trout, one | ', waded a.£ew,idays ago weighed 17£lb. < I have j , "ready advoe»£ed the need of the Acchmatisaf- \a .Society payiog a. trifling bonus for the aL touotion,of shags, &ud "appointing a ranger r roteot the fish, but ,i£i»B .only a waste of CO p o > k r c &t ««»l good -fish 'have been bap^eted in the t -fiT totely. Mr Bamfield secured one fine L . • -ficof 3£U> near Forth street last week, specime his eye on several other?, one of £- S t y i otimates would weigh quite 101b. It woich ne ,^ tbat he will get ninl fch j B sea son, is to be he »" fc the leagfc doubfc bufc that theße as there is bad on their yoang er large trout -^ fc he3 itate to make a meal off brethren and 1f a chance _ th | m^l &; have been having a Some Englu ,Yl|L • Waitati, the river being fairly good tim T «^^ t£ng trim just now. One in particularly g c reel J oa the banks, of the party lost a * * ve^ U qaar fc e rs of shags Ihearcompla.nl * 'son on the inland being very numero « » £ £e* d th Ofc trout streams. It i *-.«>. ee,jiapo. thpmsplv?n and Southland soci . - V& J®** 1 ' ""^selves and root out these t ««sjsjbe«rt pt*e^ erß -