The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. THE SPORTING SEASON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 92, 27 March 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. THE SPORTING SEASON.

Thb difterefit dates*" 6K opening the shooting season m different districts has given rise ; to very ; v q6nßiderable|misappteDineio.n v a;nd; risk of penalty.^ The Auckland refers itqithe matter , and says that a few days ago a'tetegraiu: received? fr° m Wellington stated that j the season for shooting native game was to open Tuesday (the 20th instant). .Mr T, F. Uhbeskman telegraphed to Weir lington the" same morning, asking if there was any truth m the information telegraphed from Wellington. He received the following telegram from Mir G. S. Cooper : — "Open season for native game m .Auckland district Ist May . " This 'is the date which the Acclimatisation Society recommended at a recent meeting,. and the information from Wellington is wrong/ Our contemporary proceeds to remark that telegraphing important information of this kind over the colony m an incorrect form is well calculated to cause not a little trouble. A considerable number of people left for the.Waikato district, bent upon what they considered legitimate sport. It is a nice thing to donaider what position these people are m, beginning the shooting of native game one month and <leven days before the perioo when the act" is lawful. • Thi' mistake has probably aiisen by a number of people at "Wellington having succeeded m getting a proclamation issued applicable to Wellington alone, or some other limited portion of the colony, so that some shooting/ could be enjoyed during the Easter holidays. The position is just the same m Manawatu. It would be as well that nxt year the shooing season (m the North Island at any rate) should open on one fixed date, irrespective of local representations altogether.