LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1928, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

.Messrs M Houston and Co. offer for immediate sale the residential property of Mr R. O. Sliced, in Healey Street, consisting of six-roomed dwelling. with all conveniences. Early application is invited.

Difficulty in finding situations for ill probationer touchers from the Auckland Training College is anticipated (says the “Herald”). The ovorilipplv is Ukelv In hi* nt b .i-l a- large ns lust year, alien the Education Board was faced wit.li the problem ol superfluous loncliers niter the reopening of the public schools.

“Every fourth or fifth fish that is caught bears tin* mark of the shark’s or the barracoota’s sharp teeth.’’ remarked a sportsman who has recently returned from the Waiau mouth (says the “Southland Times”), It is hard to bo believe that so many fish are carried off by their fiercer fellows, oven in New Zealand rivers.

Shccp-worrying in the To Awanuitu borough was reported at the Borough Council mooting to have been rife lately, and the council decided to increase its dog registration fees in the hope that the number of dogs in the district will he reduced (states an exchange). Dogs Used exclusively for herding or droving sheep or cattle Avill only cost the usual 2s Od this year, but owners of all other dogs will have to pay 15s.

Last year's shipping returns for tlio port of Greymoutb. as supplied to the Board !>v the Harbourmaster (Captain Cox) showed that 2f>2 steamers (tonnage lfiO.Jfßo) and 10 auxiliary craft (tonnage 1010) entered, and 201 steamers (tonnage 100.271) and 10 auxiliary craft (tonnage 1010) departed. Thus the total inward tonnage was 102.028 and the total outward 101.01 1. The figures reveal a decrease on the previous year ol 2o vessels, of 7011 tons. The Chairman of the Board (Mr .T. Steer) remarked that the tonnage decrease was small compared with the numl>er of vessels fewer for Ihe year, averaging less than 020 tons, which indicated that the average si-' of the vessels trading here was on tin increase.