Fish to bait touragram fans

Press, 1 April 1980, Page 18

Fish to bait touragram fans

Compiled by “Gladiator”

Touring and fishing pretty much go hand in hand, particularly in New Zealand where the visitor can ply world-famous game-fish grounds or cast a fly into a limpid pond.

Fish and fishing are this month’s touragram subject with some big fish and some small ones; some slippery and others bony; some hard to catch, others, dead easy. In some cases the appended word “fish” has been dropped, e.g. “flat” instead of “flatfish.” Good fishing.

The contest will close on April 23 and no entries will be opened until after that date.

They will then be marked at random, the first six correct entrants receiving gift vouchers each valued at $6 donated by Whitcoulls. The vouchers can be used at any of Whitcoulls shops within New Zealand. “The Press” will also award a special $lO cash prize for the neatest correct entry submitted by a school class.

Results will be printed in “Tuesday Travel” on May 6. The words are hidden in the touragram in a random manner and may appear horizontally, vertically or diagnonally. They can be read from left to right, or from right to left, and up or down. Some letters may be common to two or more, words. Each word has a corresponding clue. When located, the words should be ringed neatly with a ballpoint pen and listed to correspond with the number of the clues. Entries should be addressed to Touragram, c/o Travel Editor, “The Press,” P.O. Box 1005, Christchurch.

1— Don’t let this shark nail you down. 2— Possibly the first fish you caught—even if he was a little tyrant. 3— One of the “bikies” of the sea or plain kokiri as the Maoris call it! 4— -One can hardly see a bird sitting on it! 5— Usually “Jaws” first warning as lord. 6— Futuristic fish packs a wounding laser! 7— No trouble in threading its way about for this farranging surface fish. 8— Elegantly slender rock and weed inhabitant could join in with Phil, playing at the ball! g—Do not stop notable weed dweller (with a ribbon in its hair?), uncommon in northern waters. 10— “Pretty Polly” from this well-known family of rock fish! 11— North Island surface fish better known as a spread. 12— A sterling pound or so for this Japanese delicacy. 13— Well equipped for splicing around our warmer game fish waters. 14— The English call them Hake but some of us think they’ve been distempered. 15— The Maoris call this food fish of the deep Hapuka. Hapuku. 16— In Australia they call it a sea-run salmon and sales are high, but in New Zealand this sporting surf fish is often wrongly spurned for food. 17— A school fish in demand for American sandwiches. 18— Of the same family but smaller (up to 76cm as compared to 1.8 m) and sometimes called Gernio. 19— Deep water fish is star of the piscatorial choir. 20— You’d have to set a sprat to catch this fellow. 21— Slender and savage hunter with large teeth is. abundant surface fish incorrectly likened to Amazonian piranha. 22— This b- trout, beloved of royalty, is scarce in New Zealand waters but fished commercially off the West Coast of the South Island. 23— We find an ally in Trev when seeking the Maori ara-ara school fish. 24— First ova importations were to the Auckland district in 1875 but it was in the South Island between 1900 and 1907 that this species of river fish was successfully released. 25— The Harry James of the sea and ... 26— . . . the Gene Krupa. 27— Warm water fish, caught commercially, could be mistaken for Tarakihi. ' 28— Eel-like deep-water fish sometimes big enough to require a part sling to land. 29— St Peter’s fish. 30— Atypichthys strigatus is far from a dogfish. 31— Maori name means “sharp spines and singing noise” for this popular table fish with high calorific value. 32— Although widespread is only occasionally found in deep water—they love squid and it’s been said they belong to Ray. When caught it pays to bare ’em. 33— A very lonely fish? 34— As compared to its clumsy cousin. 35— Is she as ugly as it sounds or just blind? 36— Abundant soft-flesh hoka is actually coded “R.” 37— Largest, slipperiest (!) and most powerful of our saltwater eels. 38— Commercial fishermen get a lift out of this famous fishing area to the east of the South Island. 39— Attractive red grunters appointed to guard R.N. in our waters. 40— Pretty, streamlined surface member of the Tuna family (Italian branch?) is summer visitor to northern waters.

Singapore, Fiji winners

Shortage of space does not permit the publication of the names of the many entrants who submitted correct entries in the Singapore and Fiji touragrams. However, the list is being kept and we will endeavour to include it in our May travel feature if space is available.

.Singapore Airline bags hax'e been awarded to the following: R. F. Cording, 14 Tinakore Street, Christchurch 4; Mrs V. C. McKenzie, 116 Harewood Road. Christchurch 5; E. Stanton, 12 Oakhurst Place, Christchurch 4; Jennie Kotlowski, R.D. 3. Rangiora; Mrs D. R. Pike, Averill House, Craighead School. Private Bag. Timaru; D. A. Sparrow, 17 Austin Street. Kaikoura.

Singapore solution: 1, Temasek; 2, Lion City; 3, Singapura; 4, Raffles; 5, Johore; 6, Straits; 7, Keppel; 8, Entrepot; 9, Naval; 10, Malayan; 11, Changi; 12, Orchard; 13, Payar Lebar; 14, Tiger Balm; 15, Trishaw; 16, Orchids; 17, Satay; JB, Jade; 19, Faber; 20, Sentosa.

In the special Fiji contest, Whitcoulls Rift vouchers have been awarded to the following: Morrison family. 44 Rountree Street. Christchurch 4; Ivan B. Powell. 89 Cranford Street, Christchurch 1: M. E. Scrhngeour, 115 Aikmans Road, Christchurch 1: Mrs D. Lloyd, 20 Hillier Place. Ashburton; Mrs Joan McGrath, 21 -Gammack , Street, Temuka: Miss Helen- Messervy, 30 County Road, Dunedin. ■’ l • Fiji solution: 1, Viti Levu; 2, Melanesian; 3, Polynesian; 4, Suva; 5, Levuka; 6, Kava; 7, Yaqona; 8, Bilo; 9, Coconut; 10, Bure; 11, Taro; 12. Vanua Levu; 13, Sugar; 14, Kings; 15, Hi Sa Bula; 16, Happy Isles; 17, Lautoka; 18, Papaya; 19, Tanoa; 20,’Tapa.