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THE STAR NEST ANNOUNCES NEW NIGHT FERRY SERVICE
Late service to connect the Twilight Harbour with the lower settlements.
STARTING NEXT WEEK
The Star Nest voyagers' Office has announced a new night ferry service beginning next week, intended primarily for residents and tourists travelling between the Harbour districts and Swan Island after sunset. The first service will depart at sundown each evening, with a second crossing shortly before midnight.
Officials say the service was requested after reports by tourists that all accomodation on Swan Island were fully occupied, leaving some caeli stranded on the beach to wait for the next Ferry at dawn. Tourists say they had "no reasonable means of getting home except flying for three hours."
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SILVER ROUGHY RETURN TO NORTHERN WATERS
First catches reported along the coast as winter waters begin to loosen.
BREAKING NEWS ! !
| The first Silver Roughy of the season were brought ashore yesterday morning, their arrival marking one of the more familiar signs that winter is drawing to its close. The small silver-sided fish spend much of the colder months in deeper water before moving towards the northern shallows as conditions begin to change. |
Masterfishers say the first Roughy should never be counted until the second tide.
Fishers along the Western coast reported scattered catches rather than the large schools normally expected later in spring. The Fisher's Guild believes the main return may still be several weeks away.
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MARSH HERON STEALS GOOD HAT
Bird returns hat three days later.
AMarsh Nest ruinwright suffered an unusual inconvenience this week during the usual drainage inspection when a large grey heron seized his hat and flew into the reeds with it. The inspector spent nearly an hour searching the marsh before abandoning the effort. Three days later, the hat was discovered hanging from a low branch
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approximately half a mile from the original site.
The inspector reports that the hat is damaged but wearable.
The heron has not been charged.
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SEASHORE BAKER ACCUSED OF MAKING BREAD TOO LARGE
CUSTOMERS DIVIDED OVER UNUSUALLY GENEROUS LOAVES
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Abaker in the Seashore Nests' Daylight Market on the Northlane has been asked by the local merchants' committee to explain why her standard morning leaves have become nearly thrice their usual size, leaving customers divided between inconvenience, suspicion, and delight.
The trouble began earlier this week when customers arriving at The Flourhouse Bakery found the usual two-mark loaves replaced by enormous round loaves which, according to one customer, "looked more suited to feeding a family of six than a caeli of one."
Miss Marren insists the change was not deliberate. "We have not changed the recipe," she told the Gazette yesterday. "Not the flour, not the yeast, not the oven. The bread simply appears to have become ambitious." The bakery has since weighed several loaves and found them consistently heavier than the standard.
Eris Altaire, a regular customer, was less than pleased. "I asked for one loaf and the girl handed me what I thought was a paving stone," she said. "I carried it home under one arm and had to put the shopping down twice."
Others have welcomed the development. "It's more bread for the same price," said Kolika, who purchased two loaves yesterday. "I don't see the problem." When informed that the larger loaves were not being sold at a higher price, Kolika reportedly purchased three more.
The merchants' committee became involved after several neighbouring bakers complained that customers had begun asking why their own loaves were "not trying hard enough." One competitor, who declined to be named, said: "There is nothing wrong with a respectable loaf being respectable-sized. This is showing off."
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