LATEST THAMES NEWS.
Ilic Falcon Re-Floatcrl
Timber Industry
(Speoia) to the Dahy Thjokavh.) Thaiibs, tlu'u day, Thb steamer Falcon, which went aßkore between Thames and Coromandel, has been floated off without having suffered much injury. Sbo will be unabla to proeeod to hcv destination until tho gale abates.
Preparations tre being made for the er port from Thames of large quantities of timber from tho Taupo bush districts. The work iB to bo curried out on on oxtensive scale.
Under tho Treaty of Waitangi the Maoris are allowed to take sholl fish, including oysters, during the close season and from prohibited areas, but aro prohibited from bartoring tha same. Recently it was found that some Europeans had ar« ranged with tho Maoris for a largo supply of oysters for sale, but tho activity of tho Fisherios Department officers proventod a continnanco of tho praetioe, and one palteha offender was punishod,
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1441, 27 September 1905, Page 2
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