FISHING IN TONGARIRO.

Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 17

FISHING IN TONGARIRO.

GOOD CATCH REPORTED. TOKAANU, March 1. The morning was gloriously fine, after a dull morning, and was thus favourable for th© Ducal party's trout fishing in the Tongariro. AN EARLY START. The Duke was astir in good time this morning, and after an early breakfast went down stream with the Earl of Cavan. The fish were rising, and the Duke presently hooked a trout which, though it proved when landed to be only a four-pounder, gave the angler plenty ot exercise. Lord Cavan also got fast to a fighting beauty, estimated at 141 b, which made great play for over half an hour, and got free when almost near enough to be gaffed. The Duchess joined the anglers about 11 o’clock, and lunch was taken in a shady nook by the riverside. The whole day was .given over to fishing. OTHER TOURISTS SUCCESSFUL. Besides the Royal party other groups of tourists were fishing on the lake or at the Tongariro River delta, some good catches being recorded. Sir Tom Bridges, Governor of South Australia, who is spending part of his holiday in the district, landed 16 fine fish at the delta THE AFTERNOON’S SPORT. The/news of the Ducal angling party’s doings in the afternoon have not come yet from the camp, but rumour has it that the Duke and Duchess, wearing waders, between them caught several trout. They will be out again early to-morrow, so as to make the most of the day, before they have to prepare for departure at 5.30 by motor for the National Park, where they join the train for New Plymouth. A PEACEFUL SCENE. The camp this morning looked the picture of rustic peacefulness. Clouds still overhung the locality, but the sun broke through at intervals, lighting up the broken water of the rapids, alongside which the tents are pitched, and turning the canvas into a fretwork of light and shade, as its beams filtered through the leafy covert of the kowhai trees. Away in the distance to the southward the Kaimanawa Ranges stretched athwart the picture, while close behind, on the other side of the camp, the Pihanga Mountain, the legendary lady on whose account- Tarangaki (Egmont) was forced into exile, reared her verdure-clad shoulders into the low-hanging clouds. Only a few privileged visitors entered the precincts of the camp. KITCHEN CAR DAMAGED. SILGHT GAS EXPLOSION. CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. An explosion occurred yesterday at Addington Workshops in the gas stove of the kitchen car of the Royal train, injuring two workmen slightly. The damage to the car is not serious, though at first there were rumours that it had been pattly wrecked.