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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 162, 13 July 1904, Page 3

An laglewood recipient of charitable aid has a peculiar idea of the uses of chanty, and her idea resulted in an abuse of the help given pT UwTaranaki Hospital and Chantage Aid Board. Menders of this body objected very strongly on Monday when an account from a storekeeper was forwarded, nmon K tho items being condensed milk syrups, cocoa and pickles. The willing, horse has been ridden almost to death, and unless the recipient can do enough work to keep her in luxuries it is proboblo that the allowance for necessaries will be discontinued. For some time past the Agricultural Department haß been endeavouring to ascertain tho cause of the mortality in cattle which have grazed on bush land between". Rotorua and /Taurmtsa, Tho animals wasted away and died, but it was found that others which became sick speedily recovered if thoy woro removed to another district in the early stages of the disease. Tiro department believes that the sickness is caused by a lack of something in the soil, and' it is about to conduct experiments to ascertain wlmt that something is. Tho Assets Bourd has placed at its disposal 50 acres of bush land in the Rotorua district for the purpose of tho experiments. It is intended to raise grass ty' aid of special manures, and then placo stock upon the land so treated.. Commenting upon the opening of the trout fishing season, the Now Zealand Herald calls the attention of the Government "to tho desirability of returning to the Ist of November as far ns tho North Island in concerned. In the South tho opening of the trout-fishing of October l s t gives satisfaction, but tho attempt made last year to estai/Tish uniformity over tooth islands, by extending earlier opening to the North, was only superficially successful, and should not bo repeated. The authorities can allow fishing to commence on October lst or July Ist, but they cannot make tho fish fit to be caught until November lst at the very earliest. Upon this all true sportsman are unanimous. It may please a few who nothing of fishing to pillage from lakes and streams a shoal of weak and thin and hungry trout, but any sportsman worthy the name would rather wait for moro creditable game. This alone might make but little difference wero It not that the slaughter of the ravenous flsh during October will in tho end be stopped by tho utter destruction of our famous trout fishing. Wo can hardly suppose that there will bo any hesitancy in returning to November lst for North Island fishing, but it is os well not to allow a matter so important to go by default for lack of timely protest.''*