LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22090, 22 April 1935, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lady Angler's Success Two hundred rainbow trout, of a total weight of 7cwt., have been caught this season by Mrs. J. F. McArthur, of Pukekohe, who recently returned after spending five months fly fishing in the Taupo district. Mrs. McArthur landed the limit of 15 fish in one day and enjoyed good sport at Hatepe, Jellicoe and Motuere Points. Losses From Corrosion The importance of an accurate knowledge of corrosion could not be too greatly emphasised, said Dr. H. G. Denham, professor of chemistry at Canterbury College, during an address in Christchurch. He quoted Sir Robert Hadfield, the steel magnate, as having said that the annual loss induced by corrosion was about £700,000,000. End of Summer Time Summer time will end on Sunday. The clocks will be put back half an hour and New Zealand standard time, which is 11 hours .'3O minutes ahead of Greenwich mean time, will be observed once more. Summer time commenced on Sunday, September 30, 1934. Formerly the change was made on the second Sunday in October, while the date for putting back the clocks also has been extended. Waterfront Holiday To-day will be a holiday on the waterfront, and the only vessel working will be the New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-liner Rangitata, which is unloading general merchandise from London. The shipping offices will be closed and the time-table of local coastal vessels will be suspended for the day, but some of the steamers will be engaged on excursions. Work on the wharves and the sailings of the coastal fleet will be resumed to-morrow. Kiwi for English School A dead kiwi has been handed to the Waverley School, Wanganui district, to be sent to Hull, England. The bird was killed by dogs before it could be saved, and Mr. J. R. Morrison conveyed it to the school for exhibition to the children. Some time ago a request for such a bird had been made from a school in Hull and it is the intention of the Waverley scholars to have the bird preserved, mounted and sent to Great Britain as a gift from Waverley.

"Swaggers" With Suitcases A motorist who returned to Auckland recently after an extensive tour of New Zealand commented on the fact that many "swaggers" whom he had seen on the road had discarded their rolled blanket swags, usually carried on their backs, in favour of small suitcases. The motorist questioned one of them on the point and was told that a man carrying a suitcase would often be offered a lift in a car, as his baggage would give the impression that he was going only a short distance, whereas a man carrying the traditional swag would invariably be passed by.

Napier Harbour Fairway The work of sweeping the fairway and the approach channels in the Napier harbour from the four-mile limit was sanctioned by the Harbour Board at its last meeting. This work has been decided upon following the report that the Waipiata recently touched bottom at 19 feet, striking a pinnacle of rock. The Works Committee reported that the board's officials had already attended to the area complained of, which was 95 feet off the line of beacons, and the piece of rock found had been blasted and removed, so providing not less than 19 feet at low water in that locality.

The Scotsman's Modesty A new explanation for the traditional modesty of the Scottish people was advanced by the Rev. Dr. Charles W. Gordon, better known as the author, Ralph Connor, at the civic reception tendered to him in Dunedin. After praising the New Zealand scenery very highly, he expressed the opinion that the people of the Dominion were not doing their duty in not letting the world know more about it. "That is probably because you are Scottish," he said. "It is one of the great struggles of a Scotsman to retain his innate modesty."

Daylight Saving Overlooked Apparently the fact that New Zealand has extended its period of daylight saving was overlooked by the officers of the Matson liner Mariposa, which arrived at Auckland from Los Angeles early on Saturday morning. Customs officials and others boarded the liner in the stream shortly before seven o'clock, according to local time, but all the clocks on the liner were half an hour slow. However, no delay was caused in mustering passengers for the usual inspection, and .they were able to go on shore shortly after the vessel had berthed at Prince's Wharf.

Defence Minister's Story How ho was once mistaken for the advance agent of a circus was related by the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, Minister of Defence, at the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Sandon Methodist Church, Manawatu district. The Minister said that it was his custom at Feilding to hire a horse and gig with which to proceed to Sandon for the church service, but one day he was unable to secure the usual turnout, so had to make the journey in a gailypainted cart drawn by the most noted piebald horse in the district. At Sandon the stableman greeted him as the advance agent for Barton's Circus. Standardising of Schools " In New Zealand, because of Government control, tliero has been a standardising of schools rather than an emphasising of their individual character," said the Rev. 0. W. Williams, when urging the establishment of an endowment fund for the college at the annual meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association in Christchurch. " The consequent loss is unfortunate," he added, " and one contrasts with this the situation in England, where local control and variety are fostered. There is need for a special fund, under the control of the old boys, to bo devoted to tho special purposes of the college." Unusual Trout Landed An unusual specimen of trout was taken on the fly at tho Island Pool on the Tongariro River a few days ago. The upper jaw from the eyes down curved in a snub-nosed fashion, although the lower jaw was normal. The fish was in excellent condition and weighed over 61b. Apparently it had been in two recent struggles with anglers, as two fly •hooks were imbedded in the flesh. Last season another peculiar specimen was landed on tho Tongariro by a local angler, the head resembling that of a parrot with a pronounced "beak" formation of the jaws. A fish caught in Lake Taupo a couple of seasons ago had two mouths, one above the other. This fish is mounted in Taupo and occasions much interest.