THE GENTLE ART
“STALLING” OF FISH TWO MEN FINED “Yes you can have the wire-netting back, but when you get it put it on a fence where it belongs and not in the river to catch fish,” was the parting shot delivered by the magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, to Bertram Booker, when he was charged, together with Gerald Wade, at the Police Court this morning r ith setting a net by the process known as “stalling” between Beachlands and Howick. It was stated that there were two nets set in the Tamaki River, and it was evident that since one of them had been erected for a year and the other for tij;*ee months that they were of a permanent fixture and at both tides numerous fish were entrapped. “So all they had to do when they wanted some fish for a meal was to troop down and get it.” said Mr. Hunt. Mr. Booker, it was stated, had been associated with the Acclimatisation Society for some years and it appeared that both of the accused were unaware cf the fact that catching fish in this way was an offence. Both the accused were fined 40s each. The wire-netting which formed a part of the nets is to be returned to them.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 9
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213THE GENTLE ART Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 9
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