DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17614, 19 January 1929, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

The anxiety displayed by the members of the Domain The Rushes Board in respect to the at condition of the HamilThe Lake, ton Lake, through the expansive growth of rushes, is not based idly. Even a cursory inspection will leave the conclusion that it will not be long, unless remedial steps are urgently adopted before the effectiveness of the town’s chief scenic asset will have vanished. As it was reliably estimated before the Board, at least one fourth of the water surface of the Lake has already been lost through the growth of rushes. This is a question in which not only the -members of the Board but the public of the town and the many frequenters of the Lake from outside Hamilton should be deeply interested. The beauty and value of the Lake, already so seriously affected, will 'have further inroads made into them unless prompt action is taken and it, would only be a matter of a short time before the weed would have complete control. It is good news that the Domain Board intends to move promptly in the proposal and, we feel sure, that if it is necessary for the public to he appealed to thev would look upon the matter in the right light and extend financial support towards meeting 'the expense, estimated at £3OO.

South Auckland, the various other parts of the province The Season and, in fact, the Doand minion as a whole. Production, are experiencing a very favourable season. Not only is production prolific but the prices that are being obtained for the staple products—butter, cheese, wool and meat—are at a high level comparatively. While butter-fat production in the opening part of the season, so far as this territory was concerned, suffered some ill-effects, chiefly from the drought of last year, there was a compensating balance in the lower prices for fertilisers, stimulating the use of this commodity. Owing also to a generous rainfall the country is replete with feed and a record season of production appears assured, what is always to he stressed, and rightly so 100 is the necessity for New Zealand to keep up a high standard in the quality of its products. Any waning in that important connection wllll VT® a serious effect so far as our holding fs concerned on the world's markets. It is commendable to find that oil all sides this aim is not being foi-. gotten- to do so would seriously embarrass our position with the consumers of our products overseas.