TROUT WATERS LOST
Some of the best water in the TaupO district has' been lost to anglers as' ft result of the action, ; of ;a vandal in diverting the Waitahanui Stream into Lake Taupo about 600 yards above the mouth of the stream (states'the '"New Zealand' Herald"): The■■rcutVSn the narrow sandbank; separating the stream from the lake is considered beyond repair, and is growing deeper, and wider every hour, v On Thursday, it was reported • ;that the -mouth-;of the- stream had altered, and .on .; investigation it was ,~: found -that -.'during; the night a '.channel, had been jiiig' through the sandbank tQ the lake, , Tjhis has had the effect of diverting: the; stream in the vicinity of Fletcher's Waitahanui Lodge, approximately 600 yards-above the mouth, proper. The, length between thecutandthe'mouth is mwstill water, and the level,of the stream has dropped ;two feet. Police investigations ihave:been. made in an endeavour to trace ■ the ■• person responsible. .It is believed that one. man could have made 'the cut in about two-hoursI,'and1,'and that once he had made 'a inairiow' trench, the water would, have 'done the5 rest ■ • ■ ■ ■ '•'■'■»
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 19
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182TROUT WATERS LOST Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 19
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