LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 155, 23 February 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Good Sport t , ... Fishing at. Okareka, oyer the weekend Mr. A. D. Camphell and another rod to.ok 14 gqod fish. Mr.,W^ Kusahs and Mr. .Clarke, junior, , landed 19 fish in. Tarawera with an average qf 61bs. qnd. two over 81bs. All fish were taken on the fly. Territorial Camp A party of territorials, mexnbers of the Rotorua unit of the Hauraki Regiment, left for Tauranga yesterday ; paorning to go into camp with, other . unjts of the regiment. The territorial^ will undergo a week's in(:ensive training, mostly in machine gun work. Lighting at Blue Bath ( . A new systexn qf coioured lighting has been installed at the vBlue Bath. , At onq end qf thq bath ar,e .two flood- , lights whiph giye the water qn intense blue coiourj while at the other. end-is a spptlight, showing various colours jn succession. .These lights are. very elf ective, and add, much to the attrac- : tiveness of the bath. Good Fishing at Taupo The besf , catches of , trout for years pas.t havq lately been taken on the western side pf Lake Taupo, writes our Taupo, correspondent. In one morning'a. and pvening's fishing, from the launch "Tamati" Messrs Wheeler and Peterson, of Waipawa, eaught 44 fish^ while on Saturday night ffom the launch "Tainui" Messrs.. Rivers, Rickitt a.nd. McLean-, of Hastings, caught in (Waihaha and Western Bay 52 fair conditioned fish. Vajriatiq?? ip Lake, Levels .. Following re.cent. representations made by launch owners on Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti, officers of the Public Worlcs Department.,a^e considering various projects for raising the le.yel . of . the lakes and clearing the sand drift. which -at present maices the negotiation of the Ohau channel outlet from Lake Rotorua a matter of considerable difficulty. In this connection, it.is interesting tp nqte.that the annual variation in the level of Lqke Rotoiti has ranged from .52 feet in 1922 to 1.60 feet in 1926. The greatest recorded variation • in. the ■level .of . this lake has.. been 2.14 feet and the highest and lowest level variation recorded, 3.82 feet in 1925, and 1.68 feet in 1915. No accurate reqords of Lake Rotorua's levels are extant, but at the present time the iqvel of Rotorua is 1.62 feet above fhut of Rotoiti. So far as observations can determine, the level of Rotorua is largely . controlled by the volume of water in Rotoiti. Main Highway Improvements Extensive improvement work Is in hand on the Auckland main highway, between Tirau and the Okoroire turnoff at the foot of the Mamaku. Most of the awkward corners are being either eliminated or greatly improved and several, qhort .deviations have resulted in considerable improvements to the grades. Except between Tirau and Cambridge and on the Razorbacks, where it is bad, the road surface is excellent the'whole way to Auckland.