ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12822, 17 August 1939, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Railway Excursions. The Railways Statement makes the following references to week-end and special excursions: Particular attention has been devoted during the year to the development of special day and week-end passenger traffic, and facilities have been provided by way of special trains and reduced fares to encourage usage of the railway for short-term recreational outings. This section of the passenger business has shown a remarkable expansion over; a relatively short period of years, as evidenced by the fact that the figures for the past year—viz., 2,625,495 passenger journeys and £ 247,433 revenue—represent an increase of 45 per cent, and 88 per cent, respectively over the relative figures for the year 1932-33. Trout Liberation. In spite of unsuitable vreather, the trout restocking operations of the Department of Internal Affairs are continuing at a rapid rate (says the Rotorua Post). Last week a stripping at the Tongariro hatchery yielded a further 500,000 eggs, which, with 300,000'at the end of the week before, made a total approaching a million eggs in ten days. Fry are being liberated every week now, and will continue to be liberated at the same rate till the beginning of the fishing season, November 1. Next week Rotoiti will be re-stocked, and other lakes in the district will be similarly treated.