WANAKA NOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1927, Page 1

WANAKA NOTES

(From A Correspondent-.) LAKE AMANAKA, Sept. 24. From enquiries received, Air Gerald "Williams, the Welsh millionaire, may repeat his visit lo Hie llaast A’alley in search of doer heads this approaching season. Colonel Struthers, a relative of Lord Helper, is to he another oversea visitor" during tiie stalking season. Young Brown trout from the Otago Acclimatisation Society’s hatcheries aro to ho packed through the TTanst Pass for liberation in the upper Hnnst River next week. Air J. Faulks, jan authority on game, when asked his opinion on the suitahilty of southern AVestlaml for opossums replied with enthusiasm “no hotter district in the country.” Air Faulks was the first to liberate opossums in the Makarora A’alley some fifteen years ago. lie further stresses the importance ol" liberating only ilie best- varieties.

The new accommodation house r.ii the shores of Lake AA nnaka is nearing completion. The AA bite Star accommodation house has also undergone changes to enable it to cope with the expected increase in tourist traffic during tlic approaching season. '1 he general opinion throughout the country is one of optimism in regard to this season’s traffic. Bookings arc unusually heavy in the Cold Lakes district anil AA’est- Coast resorts. A cold snap was experienced on Sunday by a fall of snow which however did not lay on the flats. A grand concert is being organised to provide funds for a piano for the public hall, a necessity long overdue. A grand old pioneer in the person of Afr G. Af. Has,sing, of Aparima, Southland, who claims lo he the first white man to set foot in the Maknrora A’alley (lSfiO) and with a companion the first lo explore the upper Haast A"alley has been invited to a holiday here. Air Hassing is ill his Ols.i year and was the lirsi lo start Hie gold rush on the Okuru-Haa-4 beach in 18fifi-fi7.