LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 717, 18 December 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Band Playout lOn Saturday evening the Rotorua Munieipal Band played a programme of music from the balcony of the Lyric Theatre. The lively airs were appreciated by shoppers a-nd passersby. Whaka School Fair The pupils of, the 'Wihaka School will gdve a concert programme tomorrow afternoon in conjuction with a fair and sale of work which' will be run by the committee of the school. Attractive side-shows, novelties and a wide range of utility articles are offered. The money raised will go to the school funds. Mixing Them "We have to look to the goose that lays the golden egg, and in this case it's the swan. We have taken the bull by the horns in regard to the grey duck . . . ." — Mr. C. M. Wheeler, at a meeting of the council of th'e North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Whakatane Amateur Sports It will be of interest to members of the Rotorua Amateur Athletic and Cycling, Olub to know that advice has been received that arrangements are well in hand for the amateur meeting to be held at Whakatane on Wednesday December 27. The cycle events are half, one and two miles. Good trophies are offered. Fly or Lure? A definition of what constituted a fly and a lure was asked for by Mr. G. Ebert at a meeting of the council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society when he said that a Gazette notice dlefinitely prohibited lure fishing in Lake Lyndon. The chairman (Mr. F. Stevens) said that according ko xegulations goveming fly fishing at Rotorua and Lake Taupo the ruling law would probably he that a lure was a fly. The term "lure" was purely of local origin. Mr. Ebert: By no stretch of imagination could you call some of our lures flies — tthey are bait pure and simple. The Malaria Mosquito "W/e are lucky in not having any malaria-carrying mosquitoes in this country, and it would he a tragedy for New Zealand if th'ey were ever to spread here after the fashion of the white butterfly," declared Mr. W. J. Phillips, of the Dominion Museum staff, in an address a,t Wellington. "In some cases conditions are favourable for them here. Three species of them ■have been found in th'e South of England, and there have aetually been some small malaria epidemics there. We in N'ew Zealand should see to it that we control as much as possihle of the water areas so that they cannot get a footing. The direct steamer route from Panama offers opportunities ■ for them to get Rere, and when overseas air travel comes we will also have to watch that very closely."