Balloons As Bait

Chronicle (Levin), 28 January 1949, Page 4

Balloons As Bait

11 nernng-nsners toiiow the example of a young man who spent a profitable period on one of the Wanganui wharves, they will use pieces of red toy balloons as bait. Without meat, but with the neces^ary line and hooks the young man cut up bits of red balloon and caught fish after fish, using small sections of the. rubber on the h'ooks. His "bait" had a lasting quality not- possessed by meat. The Feel Of The Ball The manager of the 1949 All Black Rugby team to tour South Africa, Mr. J. H. Parker, of Wellington, is so keen on his team per-, forming well on the tour that he has arranged for. eight-panelled Rugby balls similar to thosef used in Houth Africa to be supplied to key personnel like the half-baeks and goal-kickers well before ihe departure of the team. .The standard Rugby ball in New Zealand is four-panelled. 4 He Was A. Bachelor "Estelle ! That is no name for a street. Can't anyone think of something better? • JeSse is not so bad, but Estelle ! " This was ihe reaction of a" member of the^Manawatu County Council wlTerf nanU'S for streets in a new sub-'divisioa at Foxton were being considered resehtly, reports the Manawatu Herald. He considered both names admirable for women but obviousiy di^approved of labelling streets with them. He quickly fell in with the suggestion that the streets' be named after ships which once traded along that part of .the coast in the early -days. CohsequenUy Huia and Kennedy will be considered.' !