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Opunake Times, Volume LVV, Issue 3675, 23 October 1923, Page 3

Labour day was quietly observed in Opunake. When the harbor works, railway vyorks, and new loan works are in full swing next year a keen executive should bs forthcoming to organise, next year, Labor Day celebrations A number of visitors from Hawera and elsewhere spent an enjoyable time at the Opunake beach on Labor Day

The law regarding netting of whitebait is a “ hass," The. regulations prescribe certain conditions, and behind it all is the belief that if persons caught all the whitebait that came up the rivers they would be wiped out. A complete fallacy, Frqqa the depths of the ocean the iqypadscoma followed fiy voracious denizens. The whitebait stream to the sides of the ocean and their entrance up the fresh water streams depends on the calmness of the bars. Calm surfs make it easy for the fish to enter the stre ams, and ensures a good season. The regulations make it harder for man to nett the fish, consequently a bigger supply for eels, shags, trout, ducks and other voracious gu lets. 70 miles up a river whitebait have been found still gqing upwards ; they do not return. If the getters vyiped up every white bait that went up stream it would make no difference to next year's supply, But a great difference to shags and eels. The regulations have been framed at the instance of good mtenlioned men, whose knowledge of piscatorial affairs is equal to the good intentions of those in°n who introduced stoats, weasels, sparrows, gorse, etc.

A man entered a crowded railway carriage and placed a heavy box on the parcels rack. A nervous passenger was sitting underneath, and he kept looking at the bulky package, fearing it would fall on him. For some time he managed to keep silent, but when the train went over a point in the rails, and the box gave an ominous lurch, he tnrned to the owner and said, "Excuse me, but do you think that box is quite safe?" "Oh, yes," replied the other cheerfull, it's locked.

Sir M Barlow, speaking at a luncheon in London repudiated the charge that the Government had broken faith as regards unemployment relief. On the contrary new expenditure initiated by the Government comprised £14,000,000 for the construction of roads and bridges, £10,000,000 to assist jocal authori/ lies 1 relief works, another £i2,6tio 000 for trade development and Xio, 000,000 towards reconstruction programmes of railway companies. Sir M Barlow added that the Government expected much help from the Imperial Economic Conference in the redistribution of man power and the strengthening and organisation of markets.