ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 October 1917, Page 4

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

MEETING OF THE TAIHAPE BRANCH.

A meeting of the Taihape Bran of the Wellington Acclimatisation £ ciety was held in the Supper Ro( of the Town Hall last night, wh there was a representative attendai of devotees of rod and gun present. : A. L. Arrowsmith occupied the eh* The chairman said the objeet. the meeting was to try to revive 1 moribund Taihape Branch of the . climatisation Society. The branch t formed in 1911, with Mr. Owens, 1 postmaster as secretary, and there -w then enough to * form a committee seven. The branch had been prac ally dormant since, and owing to (war there had been no meetings si 1914. The consequence was that whole work of obtaining fry and b had practically fallen on the shoul of one man —Mr S. Cartier. A g number had taken advantage of I state of affairs, which he sfcßnsidl was no credit to devotees Of rod I gun. He hoped the result of the ill ing would be to get members to I erate fry over a greater area I usual. The great difficulty was nil ting at the rivers to liberate the| They were not much troubled I shags, and there was no need a reward for heads. The MaornH more harm to the trout than sll unfortunately a reward cannot be I ed for their heads With regard tl poaching of Maoris, they should I man to secure evidence and pul offenders up. It was the duty of I member of the Society to putl thing down. He hoped that whel fish came along they would htl liberate them. A pamphlet shl how this should be done was al service of every member willil help. The annual subscription tl j branch was ss. The Society subsH \ the branch to the extent of £sl required. ' I In answer to a query, the chal said they had liberated a miml birds. I Mr. Cartier said the that the birds were sent at the I season. They had also liberate! deer and Mallard ducks | Mr. Arrowsmith said they wcl more if they had sufficient fundi Mr. G. A. Wheeler said he I donate £]o if the Society it in the district, and jpndedl cheque for that amount. Mr. Smith (Hopwood) donal to the Society's funds. Mr. Arrowsmith said if it vl possible to get pheasants for li! in terms of Mr. Wheeler's o! donation would be refunded 111 this would not be necessary, I greater variety of the sport—l feather —the better. He would I ceive nominations for a eomm|

seven. The following gentlemen we ed for the forthcoming year: Arrowsmith, Smart, Cartie] Loughnan, Whittle, and Dr. b| Dr. Boyd inquired if Maoj privileged to illegally take fl impunity. I Mr. Arrowsmith: Decidedly I difficulty is to catch them I evidence to convict. Mr. CaJ been honorary ranger for a nfl years and had tried to deal I matter. Continuing, Mr. AM said he considered general I should be held oftener, and I would know more about \M branch was doing. He was in I having a supper every yea reunion, at which operations I discussed. He appealed to ml be sportsmen and notanerelyfl and try to push the 'Saneh fl give it some go. H The question of prohibitrH in the Moawhango river the chairman remarking thfl possible to prohibit, but fl stop it. An informal discussion thfl On the question of the diffieM of bait allowable, one mfl marked that it would be al ter to get fishermen in fl if restricted to fly-fishingH limitation of district bomfl also brought up, and it that a holder of an annuH could fish anywhere in ISTcfl During the last three veal nganui Society had put fl rivers—which it had never fl It was thought desirable I terests of the sport that fl ton official ranger shouldfl district more frequently fl should see that he did smfl question of sawdust findfl from timber miUB . Into fl brought up, and it is likefl action wilL bejaken to fl legal prac"*flor During ifflfdApion fl the rivers i t wasfpated tlfl not fishermen were The use of dynamite was fl to, which led the that they would like to fl using these means of takifl would be made an examph^^fl Mr. Arrowsmith remarfl subsidy of £5 from the Y'fl

of increasing the amount. Hflrsuggested that members should contrs|nte a small sum —2s 6d. This was the signal for handing in contributions "by all present—the sum in most cases exceeding the modest half-dollar. This concluded the/general business, and the meeting adjourned. COMMITTEE MEETING. The newly-elected committee then met, and elected Mr. Arrowsmith, chairman, and Mr. K. J. Loughnan, secretary and treasurer. It was decided that the branch write to the Wellington Society to procure birds in the terms of Mr. Wheeler's donation. • It was stated that 21,000 brown trout and 9,000 rainbow trout were available for liberation. It was decided to stock the Moawhango river with rainbow trout, it being conceded this was a splendid river for that variety. Mr. Whittle undertook to assist in the matter. ; -The qilesfrion of V constructing a rearing pond for trout was discussed at some length, and various sites conrsidered. Mr. Cartier volunteered, to do "the feeding for twelve months if any scheme materalised. ..The matter was left in the hands of Mr. Arrowsmith to make inquiries. The Committee then adjourned.