THE DUKE AT ROTORUA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18588, 24 December 1934, Page 7

THE DUKE AT ROTORUA

CHURCH SERVICE ATTENDED

GOOD TROUT PISHING

THERMAL WONDERS

INSPECTED

| , , (Per Press Association.) ROTORUA, lust night. There was au historical background at tH* Divine service attended by the Duke o$ Gloucester at Ohjuenuuu to-day. The little ciav|d church, has already been madp famous by the worship tljpre r of. the Prince Of Wales and the Duke ana Dueness of York. The service, conducted by thet Bishop ol "Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. F."A. Bennett, was in Maori, although a number of Europeans were present. .l?he installation of loud speakers enablje 300(1 people on the marae outside the. church to hear clearly every word of'the service. Taking as his text, “Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters,” Bishop Bbnnett described how the British Finpiriji had sown its good seeds in all parts of 1 the world, and how the Mew Zealand missionary tuid colonisation work had influenced the natives to come under the beneficence of British rule. Applying to the Duke’s presence in the. church the Maori parable, “Let the emblem of divinity lead and the bearers of food come in the. rear,” the bishop saitjl the natives appreciated His Royal Highness truly putting the first thing first. The most lasting influence of his would be that ho had set aside portion of his time to attend the church service. the afternoon the Duke saw Wairakei’s .concentrated thermal activity, and wish his small cine camera took moving pictures Of Kerapiti blowhole and Lady Knox geyser, ahd spent nearly an hour in the valley of the geysers. Later he wont, trout, fishing with a rod in the Aratiatia reaches of the Waikato. Nine well-conditioned fighting trout, the largest cf which weighed 41b., were caught by the Duke of Gloucester in ; three hours’ fly fishing at Awahau, on I/, La)ke Rotorua, on Saturday afternoon. r\jt was the biggest individual catch ambng tbe party, which landed a total of Jp fish. * The conditions wore ideal for fishing at fche outlet of a large spring on the western side of the lake, near Ngongotafia. With his first cast, the Duke stvuck a 31b. trout and landed it. Last night the /Duke was free of engagements and dined with his suite and the Premier’s party at the hotel. The Royal train leaves Rotorua at 4 a.m. for the official functions in the northern city. , . - * The wreath to be deposited by the Duke of Gloucester at the Auckland ■ Gefiotaph on Monday was made by the poppy factory of the British Legion, London,-and from the same source came thA wreath placed on the shrine of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial. His Royal Highness writes the card himself. tSdSwf-- '■