PUTARURU ITEMS

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 12

PUTARURU ITEMS

GOOD FISHING EXPERIENCED, .. ..COMBATING KAGWORT. • (From Our Own Correspondent.) ' '.'•-.'; "" PUTARUEU, Wednesday. Good fishing in Putaruru and surrounding waters has. been ...experienced -during the holidays, although . visitors lacking knowledge of local conditions do not appear to have had the same success as /local anglers. - 'Excellent fish have, been taken from the Waihbuand. ''tliej Waikato at Arapuni, wliile the Pokai is; also well stocked. The Oraka has provided gpod-.sport. Mr. R. took-thrce fish, all about 01b, from the Waikiito in about ilo 'minutes recently. There are morg fishbrmen working district streams this season than *;in the-past and good fish seem- plentiful. ....- '.;:

Satisfactory' progress with the treat: mentiof'the;worst ragwort areas in the Matamdta County, for-which a grant of £1400 'was, lhado-l'througli -the .Depart- ' ment of Agriculture;*.was reported this .week! by', the: /county inspector. The scheme; lie "said, had' been in full opcra'tioh for about'ten weeks and an area of-approximately. 300 acres, of the worst infested, land- had been treated. ■-It would' soon.be 'too late to .use the/dry chemical- ; 'Jtreatnic~nt, as. ; the.'* ragwort passed into a more dangerous stage which required more stringent measures, but the grant had largely been expended and- the : work would probably cease within a mon'di or less. ( The inspector stated that the work would have been greatly-facilitated had the grant been; made : earlier.', ...' '... .:, '..•;:.■ ~'■". ' i Large numbers, of sheep and fat lambs are now being railed from the Putaruru distri'.-t. . Between' Saturday and Tuesday nearly 0000 were entrained. ' , .The use of the new K class locomotives has led to a welcome improvement in the railway services' through the Waikato. . During the holiday season last year the.abnormal traffic conditions and the use of;the older engines. led to extensive dislocations in the time-tables and inconvenience to travellers, but this year' the use "of the more ..'powerful locomotives .ennbled an excellent, service to'be "rendered, the- majority of trains running strictly to schedule. ■ , The...yexed question of an additional motion '.- picture * exhibitor's license for Putaruru appears to be hearing a settlement,' according-.to a telegram received bjr 'the''"chairman !of the' Putaruru Town Boardfrom the Minister of. Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. In this the -Minister stated that a second application <had been considered by Cabinet, and that it had been decided that-the application.be declined,-subject to the-. observance of certain; conditions by the Town, Board. / .• •

. Mr," A„ E, Flynn,. a member of the Maitamata County Council's engineering staff, will vacate that position;this week to -join the Public Works Department at Stratford. His place on the county staff will be filled by the appointment of Mr. L. H. Thomas, JB.Sc.', of' Auckland.