STEWART ISLAND.
February 24.— The weather still promises to hold good, though alight breaks have occurred of - late. For some reason or other, which lam un- j able to ascertain, the tug Awarua was unable to , run last Wednesday, but came over the following i day. Mutton Birding.— The mutton-birdinjfSeason, > which is the annual harvest here, is fast ap-. proaching, and is eagerly awaited by the Maoris. | I believe the birds are just now hatching their 1 eggs, and in six weeks' time the harvesting ought to be in full swing.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2244, 4 March 1897, Page 25
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91STEWART ISLAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2244, 4 March 1897, Page 25
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