GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 42, 15 March 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

OIIRLSTCIII'KCII NEWS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ohristchurch, Saturday Night. A claim for compensation lias been filed with the clerk of awards in the ( city by C. F. Franklin, an entry clerk ( employed by Hie New Zealand Farmers' , Co-operative Association of Canterbury, who claims .CSOO from his employe's for paralysis on the left side of his face, due, he alleges, to the fact that ho was required to work at h desk wnerc lie was exposed to a. strong draught. Fishing in the ltaknia river, about a mile from the mouth, some days ago, Mr. W. D. Lawrence caught a genuine Californian salmon, weighing s</ 4 !hs. This is said to be the first lish of its species caught here with a rod anil line that has been scientifically identified, although many people have claimed to have en light this variety. The full was identified by Mr. B. M. Moorhousc as a Californian salmon, and Ids opinion was confirmed by Mr. E, I>. Waiie, curator of tne ! museum. Several of the fish have, of course, been caught in the net, but it is suggested that perhaps the fisli will niter their habits in new waters and afford sport to anglers. KAIX AT FF.IUJINO. Feilding, llnrch 13. Splendid rain fell here last night n".id this morning, with promise of more. Five weeks of fine weather had a bad effect on feed and stock, and prices had a downward tendency, but it is now expected that prices will show an ad vance.