FIELD AND STREAM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 12

FIELD AND STREAM.

■t^^^^f??i^ ;^')w'H-^-:!'^S ■ ■•>Last - week;:; end; was",glpriously. : -fine,... and,; ;frpm..'an-angler's point>;of',^iew, : by-some:ggpd^fishing'.;: , ;ThoiWainui, iitributaryjof was well' patronised; ;there;J,being: : 'eight;:fo^sVptt'the',st re^ Sunday^-'-Twt> fish ran/smalli'/'-'i.Lvjy '- : ;r j" i; -, ■,^'t ; ;'V;.';':.' '^ : ;::-yi-'''-'/ / : '.During.'Saturday'; 'and:.' Sunday -an:;;angler; successfully. 1 tried the Whaka'tiki,' securing, in all-.ten-fishVilargest total weight 21jbV-Grasshopper;--.was,';,the.' bait; .used,:, , :flyV;being' : : tried'?mthput::movirig a^fish;; -':'x.'• ilteK : ••■;:wA , ;;fldrrespflnderit;:.writi%'-'t6---'tHe:V"Field!'. .sayS;;;that.. "Queensland,:woods .have:,lately, /ppme'i'iiitb'ifasnionv.fbr^^'the^^.'.making pf.:.fi'shing : rbds;;'i- JThe^: South (JAmerican: greenheart : was' imported '■ iritp?,'Australia •'. and'/>New.''-'Zealand', .extensively,f.prmerly; ; but this'has been.super-; seded;;by;- Ijhe^wobds, of.<.thiß\Queenslatidtfor-; {este/^hibh/furnishjmaterial.'fprythe , building.; of a very effective angling weapon, 'arid'.there" is :talk; ; pf '.The: of : '.a' 'fishiigvTod'made' broods i -.point;".-:;Fpr;:tthe": butt'C blabkwood ; ';-■ (Acacia; ,melanpxyl6n)/was eiriployed;';--'This .coloured,- nicbly-figurodj, plbae-grained; timber,; /substitutey/fori'the/walimt, , L . ■';:andShas peen" turned 'to,v advantage,^^in:'gunstocks, J :';''joinery,. 'and'■; cabinet and; can;, be.-, carved .for". p;anels.. : .The : ; i :middle;;joint.;.;w'as' of gum: '(Eucalyptits.; inaoulata), - ;one -ibf jhe : myrtaceae^^:;lt'::is;;a: , greyish; 'timber,,'vthe; ;casibnally;, : : interlocked;; a : hard;'; teugh; tand: elastic;wood,' , ;it : is;mubh' ; .used;for .the.niaking; '.cf/.-sj!sk i and other;, purposes'.;.:. :; :The • top: joint \vaS p<)nstructed.;pf (Eucalyptus; .saligna)J-"!a;; : .'which';-: althpugt heavy, may. be worked freely.;; This ■^β l 'another,; valuable. arid Vcommon':; wood j -bei)ig.;]argelyv;employed_ 'carnagbs,' ships, -.buildings, , ; and the- 'Weekly :pprts&;that it.the.: jnewly-fprmea.,' jßiingiorti' ;Anglers'.' Club;^-Held;its/firstSmeeting recently,': Mr,: R-.i-Haywardvinithe chair. ;V,The/following 1 ' officers-■'wereiapppinted :-^Presideiit,-,' : HaywardY"vicfrp,resident,;"Mri;. ; ;H; : S. .secretary, .arid /tr.efls'urer.'i.Mr.v.p.'W.i.Elliott';, ..committee,'iMessrs;-A;'.Prestney,;A;"de:Troy , ,/ Iv :D. v iThompsoh,;;B;'.Thompson, G; ■■s6i;>'arid; : "J;',Glanville,;;:'The-,'inatter,' : 'pf ;fprmV: i ing/rules .was vdiscussMi'; arid' it.-was [decided;' .to, 1 obtain ; rules/from-,; pth'er., clubs ance,'-';andi;.thei "meeting then: adjourned TOr^a, 1 : ;fbrtnigb.t.' ;^ft^: ;.';' ! Viw < : li : : ; "V ! v : 4ivi