PORTOBELLO MARINE USA HATCHING AND BIOLUBICAL STATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2571, 24 June 1903, Page 27

Great interest -was taken in the 100 bird j pigeon match between Mr Duncaji Fraser ; (33yds), of Hororata, Canterbury, a.nd Mr C H. Gorrick (30yds), of New South Wales, hold on th« EHersho Gun Club's grounds. Gorrick used Amborite ammunition, No. 6 shot; Fraser, Colonial Ammunition Co., No. 5 right and 6 left barrels. Gorrick shot 45 birda >n end, but hie 46th fell three yards out, and his 65th was the nest to faJ! close over the line, and the 73rd he missed altogether, thug lcaing three birds, bis score being 97 Fraser also put up a splendid record, scoring 90, but actually killing J 95, several of them not far off tho boundary j lino. Towards the close of the match Fraser ; | used his second barre-1 30 times. His score of , 90 from tho 33yde is a.n Australian, record, and ' Mr Gorriok's shooting about equalled that of j the Australian craok, Mr Ecclos. Such Bhoot- ■ I ing has never previously been witnessed in Auckland. I ! FORTOBELLO MARINE USA HATCHINGAND BIOLUBICAL STATION. With the acoeptar.ee by the MaTine De- ; partment of Sir George Morrison's tender for the earthworks and tank construction at tho site of the proposed station at Quarry Point, Portobailo, the ultimate realisation of the 6chcm3 which has been before the Marine Hatchery Board «5 brought within mtaisurable distance of fulfilment. From : informaticci supplied by tli/e board we learn that the cite ot tho station is on a rocky promontory and bay facing Quarantine Island. Tho caretaker's house and garden will be on the high ground, of -which a reserve of jome two at res has been leased by tho Government frcm Mr Porte-rfield, of i PortcbcL'o. Tho buildings and Uwks for the ' hatchery and station will be placed in the came bay, v.luch looks out io Port Chalmer--, • and which ie a beautifully situated and bhclteied position The hatchery buildings, which vil! bo placed on the edge of the high ground, will comprise a hatching house, . a tank house, and a small laboratory, to- ! gether with an engine and pump house to supply p largo concrete tank from which water will flow by gravitation into the hatching house. Totho ea*t of tho buildings will he placsd a laige concrete tank, 60ft by 30ft, and varying frcm sft to 9ft in depth. This tank will contain the spawning £ph, j and comxnu!ncatio'.i between it imd the sea will be maintained by means of pipes. Another tank of similar dimensions wiil ultimately be constructed alongside of the one mentioned abme. The portion of the bay Ji'l'd in and al-o the tank will be proiect-cd by a rock »aR A tender by I Jlessnj K. Bauchop and Co . of Port ! Chalmers, fcr the construction of the buildings was accepted some- time ago, but \voilc could not bo proceeded with until the preliminary earth and rock works had ! b'en undertaken The Government lias proi mised the sum of £600 towards the construe- ! tion of the station, md the Otago Institute and the Otago Aeolimatifa'.ion Society are contributing £250 c«eh, while a prom : f?e of £250 per year for five year,* lias alto t*>en made by the fJovommeat. It is hoped that the station will be in working order by the end of this year, and in time for the meeting in DuneH a of the Australian Araocia- ! tion for the Advancement of .Science, which takes place in January next. It is proposed to commence work with observations on tlie development and rearing of one or more kinds of (native food fiehes, and also to attempt the- introduction of foreign desirable kinds, correspondeiuce with the Scotch Fishery Board and other authorities at Home during tho past three or four years having shown tho feasibility of such a scheme. The member? of the board are: — Messrs G. M. Thomson (chairman, representing the Otago Institute). R. Chibholm (representing the Acclimatisation Society), C W. Ohamlierkin (Collector of Custom*, honorary secretary), D. Barron (c'uie-f surveyor), and Captain Fleming (superintendent of mercantile marine).

Machine-made bread is now delivered, per motor van, to the customers of a Palmerston North baker.

Speaking on Thursday nigbt at New Plymouth at the entertainment Riven to tho Farmers' Union delegates Mr T. S. Weston (says the Bltham Argus), in proposing tho toast of "The Legislature," i« reported to have referred to Mr Seddon a 6 "the greatest man the world possesses""