OHAUPO.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 240, 27 January 1898, Page 2

OHAUPO.

The Lawsuit.—Well, the great Ohaupo fire lawsuit i 3 over at last. Although it has been smouldering for no less a time than fifteen months. Yes, the mountain, after a protracted labour, brought forth-not the proverbial mouse—but this time wc will call it an oyster. And now that the battle is over I would suggest that the hatchet be buiied and that both parties unite and give a party. Fiees.—ln talking of fires, we have much to be thankful for in the Waikato; no bush fires, no floods, and no droughts. We hear of other paits of the colony where their land is so good, it is like the garden of Eden, but they have their drawbacks ; they are either burned out or flooded out. Here in the Waikato we are told our land is not so good as in Hawke's Bay or the West Coast, but for all that we are not subject to those greai misfortunes which ruin poor settlers after their many years of toil aud labour. The only fires we are subject to in this district are swamp fires, which do more good than harm, but this year there is a marked absence of swamp fires, and the season being eo far advanced now we are not likely to be troubled much with them. Trout.—l see they are making some fine hauls of trout at Rotorua. I know what an effect a hauling net has on a lake. It soon clears it of fish, unless the mesh is made large enough for the smaller ones to escape. The young raiubow fry that were liberated last season can be eeen in several of the creeks and appear to be thriving. They have been eeen several times in Mr Hodgson's creek at Te Rore. A good many years ago a quantity of young brown trout were put into this creek, but they soon disap peared. lam told there is a lake at the head of the creek away in the heart ot the Pirongia mountains. If so, it is probable the fish have got in there. I think some of our young men ought to explore the course of the river and see if there really is a lake.—(Own Correspondent).