BOMBAY FISHING EXCURSION.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 721, 7 April 1922, Page 5

BOMBAY FISHING EXCURSION.

(To the Ed tor-

Sir, —Although the main object of my action in sending a report to your columns has been achieved, viz., the awakening of your “Own correspondent” to once more contribute an interesting article 1 in the “Times,” the assertions made by that gentleman —no doubt in colusion with his' frjiends (who are legion)—call for a reply. It is a matter for congratuation that your correspondent has, even by this enforced contribution, generously admitted that Bombay has interests of some importance other than Jersey herds and demonstrations. It is equally creditable that our little, yet favoured, disrict shoud possess three “Rolls Royce’s,” I can assure you, Mr Editor., if the interesting events of this neighbourhood were all chronicled as faithfully as the “fish story” on 31st ultimo, a great many more setters would become ’readers and. subscribers to your worthy jounal. We can afford to pass over the personal references to my j faming qualifications. I would per-i jtainly rather be scientific than suffer from the “hook worm.” This I much may be said, however, members ;of the fishing party who are producing butter-fat at 9d per lb, are evijdently wasting their valuable time, and tremendous energy, because num- ) erous farmers are assured of a much higher figure. By the. way, did not an eminent (also immanent) author-

ity upon Jesrey breeding, whose remarks were published at great length in your columns, inform his audience that no farmer could make ends meet at less than Is 6d per 3b, wf.'th a herd averaging 3001bs butter-fat ? It is a fact, I believe, that one Shorthorn herd in Bombay reaches this average, and probably some few Jerseys herds do, but what of the rest ? It looks as if the majority will have to do something to avoid bankruptcy, and I recommend them to take up fishing as a calling, and renew the awful “daily struggle” in the water instead of on “Shaw.” If they pur-

sued this occupation for say, a numj her of years,, perhaps the fish would I become acquainted with them, and J “bite.” Your correspondent’s sym- | pathy for that august body, the i County Council, is altogether misplaced, because in the case referred ; to, damages were promptly paid, ! proving who was to JhJame. How dis- ' tressing to think that anyone.' -M j be “Harris-ed” by the newspaper rt ' ports ! I thought there was only one man in the district who couldn’t

take a joke, but apparently there are others. Mr report, admittedly based on rumour, was substantially correct, and the very “best” that can be said of your “Own Correspondent’s” is that it was well diluted with salt and water, and decidedly “fishy.” In conclusion, Sir, I have every reason to be pleased that my bait has drawn and landed its fish ; probably you will hear mere news from Bombay in the future, and there then will be no need for A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.