OUR ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Can you, or any of your readers, give me, and numerous other fishermen, some information as to what the acclimatisation societies in this district have done, or intend doing, to keep the mouth of the river Opihi open to the sea. Last season anglers greatly appreciated what the societies did; but this season they have, so far as anglers can le vrn, at anyrate, gone back to their "do nothing policy." It is almost taking money under false pretences when the societies issue licenses for £1 and then begrudge spending a paltry few shillings on keeping the bar open. For weeks the lagoon at Milford has been banked up over acres of ground, so that cutting a channel in a good position should not be a difficult matter. The sooieties have plenty of money, and the very least they can do is to see that the men (license holders) who keep them in existence can get a few fish now and again. Last month sport in the Opihi was simply wretched, and if the societies remain inactive, there is no doubt their revenue next year from licenses will show a substantial shrinkage.—l am etc., Dead Tired. Banks of ths Opihi, December 5, 1892.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2434, 6 December 1892, Page 2
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210OUR ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES. Temuka Leader, Issue 2434, 6 December 1892, Page 2
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