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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 77 (Supplement)

Hitherto the officers of Public School C‘a dots throughout the colony have held such positions without being especially appointed by tbe> Government. On the representation made by LieutenantColonel Love day, Commandant of Public School Cadets, the Minister ol Defence has decided to issue letters of appointment to any officer of cadets passing (be examination tests laid down for volunteer officers This will give- them an equal standing with volunteer officers. and should tend to bring about u greater degr-cs of proficiency in military matters.

The new regulation restricting the trolling area on Lake Rotorua- and other waters in that vicinity 3ms been well received by all ti out-fishers. The regulation prevents any trolling for trout within three li mid red yards of the shore, thus leaving the entire shore-line free to fly-fishers. The half-dozen pretty little- Japanese deer that” have been quarantined for the past six months on Somes Island have at length obtained rhe.r release. The Tourist Department has despatched them north, and they are to be liberated on the is.a-imanawa range, about fifieon miles south of Lake Tattpo. Th-o range is heavily t imho red, with open valleys and good water. A Press Association telegram states that- Invercargill lias again adopted Wednesday as the day for the weekly half-holiday.

It- has been decided by the Government to erect a new wharf at Lake Rotorua, in place of the existing one, which, apart from the damage it has -sustained in recant storms, appears to have been located without depth of water being taken fully into consideration. The new wharf, which is to be put in hand at once, is to be erected on a, site immediately at the back of the Government, domain, where ten feet of water is available thirty feet from the share. The wharf at Hamurana, on the other side of the lake, which was demolished during the last gale, is being reconstructed. Wednesday has again been adopted as the day for the half-holiday in Pallia,tua. Mr A. T. Pit tar, cf Sydney. b.-m placed an order with Logan i'rutmvs. of Auckland, for a yaoht on similar linos to the mack Rainbow.