PUBLIC OPINION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXI, Issue 15334, 17 June 1910, Page 8

PUBLIC OPINION.

FROM YESTERDAY’S NEWSPAPERS. (By Telegraph.) DfGNLSSIAIUS. The Roman Catholics of Auckland, in accurutg 1 lie .Bishop of their own clkkco (the “ Dignissimus ” of the clerical nomination), have secured an' erudite scholar, a profound theological philosopher, n practical man of the world (in the good sense of an abused term), an accomplished writer and speaker, and a delightfully genial friend. The journalists of Now Zealand must be allowed to evinco special interest in one who has always been glad to claim his share in the "fellowship of the craft. Bishop Cleary is in the prime of lile, and wo trust that his episcopal career will ho long and beneficently fruitful.—Dunedin “ Star.” . FOOTBALL BRUTALITY.

Football just now seems to be afflicted with an absolute epidemic of brutality, and in the interests of public decency as well as of sport, this sort of tiling must be put down at all costs. More especially in New Zealand, where “Rugger” has - reached its highest development, it behoves those controlling it to set our house in order and to resolve to use every possible and legitimate means without fear or favour to eliminate the evil which now threatens the very existence of our splendid national game.—Auckland “ Star.”

FISH BY THE TON

Wo published yesterday some remarkable figures giving the total weight and the number of fish cauglit by two anglers in the Rotorua and Taupo districts during the past season. In one case tho take amounted to 1591 trout weighing 4 tons 14c\vt 871 b. and in the other to 431 trout weighing 1 ton 7cwt 851 b. The figures servo to demonstrate tho extraordinary abundance of fish in the lakes and streams in the thermal district, yet the Government shows no disposition to provide against deterioration by the adoption of practical and commonsense measures. The regulations with which it has surrounded trout fishing, though probably well enough suited to the conditions that prevailed when the acclimatisation of trout was in its infancy, aro now, under the altered circumstances, calculated to defeat the very purpose for which t-hoy were originally framed. Herald.”