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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 117, 15 February 1928, Page 3

There is a prevalent idea that tbe kauri, the most noble of the New Zealand forest trees, grows only in the Auckland province, and north of Jatiture 38, a line practically from Tauranga to Taupo. A a matter of fact (says an exchange) the kauri is well distributed. Wanganui has a flourishing kauri grove, and Dunedin has an excellent specimen. “We have a kauri growing at Kew Gardens,” said Dr. A W.' Hill, who visited the kauri bush at the Cascades, in the Waitakere Ranges, this week. He said that he had also seen a kauri .growing in Italy. Mr. IL E. Vaile said that while on his recent tour of the Hast he saw kauris growing in Cevlon. The'fishing at llamurana is exceedingly good, and anglers are taking up to' the limit (reports the Rotorua “Chronicle”). The fish are in very good order and fight freely. There is evidence of distinct ali-round improvement in the fishing, not only at Hatnurana, where accurate data is kept, but elsewhere where numerous reports preclude the possibility of error or exageratioil. It is possible that when “stripping” is discontinued on Lake Rotorua there will be a permanent improvement in the condition of the fish.