AROUND THE DOMINION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 309, 20 July 1933, Page 8

AROUND THE DOMINION

I i Oysters Popular 1 j Tho seasonal supply of oysters in j Ali'ckliUKl has been Wi'J] maintained, land u consistent demand met. Sup | plies are now being drawn from (he | beds in the gulf and tit Russell. More 1 so than previously regular supplies of | Stewart Island oysters are now available in Auckland and though more ; people have acquired the Insti: for i them the delicacy of the local producl | still appeals to many. The Auckland j season lasts for a. few months only, ' [ait ample supplies arc expected until ; about the end of August, when the j si as-': Usually ends. ! Rabbi'tekin Depots Raidbcl Several fanners and rabbi tors between Roxburgh and Alexandra have j had many parcels of skins awaiting j consignment to Dilhedin stolen by a I thief, who has evidently made a sys- | tematic lour of the tin road jus! bel'oro the fortnightly sales, when he j could be reasonably sure- of a good haul. Bags of skins awaiting the j freight vans on the roadside have been | lifted, and sheds and storehouses I have been broken into. Some trappers i have lost heavily, tint] care is now j being taken to have the skins kepi I under lock and key until the moment lof delivery. This has in some cases ! involved repairs to doors and walls i and the expense of new fasteners. J New Fruit Regulations New regulations, guarding against | 1!,,. i7iiportiilio!i into Neiw Zealand Jof fni" from any country in which i Mediterranean or Wlos'fl Ar'stvalituifruil EIV it kuOWn I I rg'.Mt. haV'e been gazetted! By tile aiiiehtjiug regulations, fru'it' imports from lluse counI tries are absolutely prohibited. An (Auckland fruit merchant considers I that the regulations merely eonfii'mied tho embargo already placed on I Australian fruit, as the fruit fly dofi- | nitely existed in Australia, Efforts Were being made to open up a market. for New Zealand fruit in the United | States, but the American authorities refu'sed to allow the importation of fruit frorti any country from which fruit fly could possibly be introduced. I Possible Seaweed Industry i An investigation into tho possibility of developing a seaweed industry in' New Zealand for the production of paraffin -oil, ammonia, potash, soda and iodine, in addition to providing I work for the unemployed, was urged jbv Miss L. M. Cranwell in the course of a lecture on "Seaweeds and Their ! Uses," at the War Memorial Museum Int Auckland. The formation _ of the I coast, in New Zealand wa.s quite suitable for the cultivation of seaweed, land as an example of the extent to j which the industry bad developed in Japan, Miss Cranwell said that the annual revenue totalled £1,000,000, j about a third' of tho by-products be- | ing export (^l.