HOKITIKA GAINS.
BY DIVERSION OF SHIPPING. Telerrauh—Pr«s Acsoedation.t HoUatika- December 0, As a result of the closing of the Grey port, local shipping has 1.-ocn busier than lor years past. Tho Hokitika iwrfc Is tho only 0110 op-en 011 tho West Coast, anil supplies for Greymouth, and even Westport and district, have, been landed here. Most of tho vessels have brought full cargoes, which have been handled in record timo nt a minimum cost. It is considered that the strike will havo the effect of inducing permanent shipping here, as cargoes arc said to bo handled with moro expedition than at adjacent ports, and the improvement of tho cntranco to the harbour as the result of the extension, of tho trainiiißwalls is so marked as to permit vessels of fair draught working tho bar. "'hero is an abundance of bunker coal for steamers for sonio months to come.
What is claimed (o he tho largest cow in the Korth of Knglaml in now on ,m frsriii at llurat, Ashton-iindsr-I/yno, which, although not five years old, stands four, teea hands hizh,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 8
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180HOKITIKA GAINS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 8
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