SOUTH CANTERBURY.
[ .April 12. — The weather cmtiuues dry, but very j uncertain as regards' temperature, one day it ' being (xtreriiely cold and the next quits warm, spring-like weather. There b as not been anything i much iv th'p way of frost-* to speak of tip to the present, but it is hoped we shall get a fair share . ibis yen 1 . Last year the want of hard frosts left the soil heavy and bad to work. ; , Fishing — The announcement that the fishing season has been extended till after the Easter holida3-s has been hailed with delight by fishermen in South Canterbury. Some good fishing is now to be had in the JLangitata, Opihi, and other large lively. A lccnl fishermi.n caught au 18po'uniier last week a'fc mouth of Milford Lagoon. It wa.s a in i^nifiVenfc fish, in grand condition. , Pkkso.nai.. -Mr J. R. Montgomery nriivsd to-day to c.iku up his duties as lx-nd matter of the Geraldine Public School. Mr Montgomery will dou'ot'ess soon win popularity in South Canterbury.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 30
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169SOUTH CANTERBURY. Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 30
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