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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 26 August 1933, Page 9

An extensive armoury is accumulating in the storehouse of the Internal Affairs Department at Rotorua as a result of the activities of the department’s rangers against trout poachers, states the “Rotorua Morning Post.” the conservator of fish and game, Ur. A. Kean, is holding no fewer than eight formidable spears, together with ■i+her impedimenta used by various poaching oartics which have come under the notice of his officers. The- spears range from 12ft. to 4ft. in length, with a varied array of prongs and dis tinct originality in design. One of the smallest, but possibly one of the most effective, of the weapons is a sixpronged wire fork, the prong spread fanwise to cover a length of nearly 2ft., and with each prong hooked at the end. The implement forms a. scoop capable of removing the largest fish from the water with one twist. The majority of the spears are converted hay forks, but some have been reduced to one prong and others increased to four, according to the sporting tastes of their owners. In addition. there is an ingeniously constructed poacher’s torch, manufactured from half a motor tire cover tied on the end of a long stick. The rubber, when lighted, makes an excellent flaro. QUALIFIED CHEMIST’S RECIPE. ECONOMICAL COUGH SYRUP. Buying cough mixture in the ordinary way is extravagant. A pint — eight hotles at 1/G or 1/0 —costs 12/to It/-. You can make the same quantity at home with a 2/G bottle of concentrated I-lEENZO 1 (II earl’s Essence) and save 10/-. Just add hot water and sweetening as directed. Pleasant, safe and wonderfully efficacious. Sold by all chemists and stores. —Advt.