DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 61, 7 March 1912, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

CVar Press Association.} Nelson,, March 5. Nelson Harbour, Board lias, decided to carry out a. scheme of harbour improvement by deepening the chan nr 1, art a cost of about £SOOO, if the Iladlvray Department can be induced to provide a deeper be rth ago at the wharf, which the scheme entails. T..c Department declined to undertake the work on the ground that the number of ocean-going steamers working the port did not warrant the expenditure. lAi deputation is to wait on the Minister to emphasise the necessity for t re work, as the inadequate depth of the berth is militating against the progress of the district. The improvement of the channel inside and oi:tsido the entrance was recommend' d by the Engineer-in-Chief of the Publib Works Department, and the Board contemplates an immediate start on the inside portion. Greymouth, March 5. The delegates, to .the. Press Association Conference have had delightful weather in Greymputb, and to-diry the last of them left overland for Christchurch. The delegates express themselves pi eased with the Coast trip, and are delighted at the prospects and progress of the district. Tnvercqrgill, March 5. The Southland Times learns that there is a possibility of the Norwegian; whaling companies’ fleets not operating in £?bi||ldand wafers during 'tiro, coming season owing,, it,is ,said, to the probability of their Hot being ready in time. Captain Hasle, the New Zealand Whaling; Company’s representative at the Bluff, will go north this week to make inquiries regarding the possibilities at the Bay of Islands and northern waters, and it will he known •in a ( few 'weeks what course it is intended to follow. The Southern season 1 cortimences in April, and .the first of the Norwegian vessels wilt not amvO until towards the. end of May, and there has then to bo done .a great deal bf work in the direction of fitting out the vessels and establishing depots. News received from vessels operating in Tasmanian waters is to the effect that results' so', far have been remarkably good. There is a great movement in the whaling industry at present, and Mr F. J. Sullivan, who returned from the Old Country today, states that he intends to instal whale-killing outfits on the vessels of his fishing fleet.