WAIRARAPA ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1513, 19 October 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Ameemo of members of the 7 above was held at the Institute last evening. Present-Messrs Bish (in the'chair), Bunny, Beethaui, E. E. Chamberlain, T, B, Chamberlain, Rhodes" Donald, J. Hessey, Dr Hosking, and if., Parsons. . Mr Vi H. Beetham, hon, sees made ,a statement of the doings of the Society during the past year. A considerable quantity of ova had been imported and successfully hatched, and £SO lis had been received for the sale of young trout. The fish had also been liberated in large numbers in all "the streams in the district. The members -of the' lociety' numbered eighty.oiglit; and their subscriptions amounted to," £44, thus making the total receipts £94 lis. The expenditure had •amounted.to £BB 19s lOd, which left a credit balance of £sll 2d, which must be regarded as very satisfactory. The great 'success attending the hatching of; trout Was due, in a very large measure, to Mr Parsons who had expended a large amount of time and trouble'-in attending to the ova and young fish. There were now 15,000 of the latter in the

hatching'boxes and 1 means would have, to be taken for distributing or otherwise disposing: of them as they were growing so fast that they had become .too crowded for their present quarters. Mrßeethamalso alluded to the objects of Acclimatisation Sociefcies;'wnich were the introduction of birds,'- beasts, and fishes of an innoxious r and : useful or ornamental nature.- ; 'The'Societies'in other parts of the'cblonjr had. recently, been much abused' for introducing pests like Mile" sparrow. "There were many different opinions on this matter,

but at any rate ho held that the object of an Acclimatisation Sooiety should be not • only to: introduce all ' of ;o|namentanive stock, but to prevent by combination the introduction of any aiiimal or : bird that .Was known to be a nuisance. He called •attention to the there were hjrge quantities of perch in the reservbirat WeHirigton, Now, this fish was a deadly enemy to young trout, ■andJto'.;would; be tbo; duty of the to prevent by every treaJis in their power the introduction of-these -into /.the, .Wairara'pa any raW 'until ,• the, ■ trout were. top-Jrmly, \ established 'tp"be exterminated, for if perch- were put in the streams during the next few years the.|rontwould vanish' ; After /soma :tho. rules of;rtho : .Canterbury Association' were adopted as far asthey applied to this, society, a|d.a:committee, consisting of 'Messrs:ißeeiham, ; Bunny, T. Ohamberlaift .•a#:T. Parsons, .was .appointed to' revise" them; "and/,have them printed with a report'of.the past, bftlanoe sheet/ih .."...'."•: . It was when the rules

•*?>■•' m i!K'.„ ■.. ■■'■ ■.' ■■:•!-■■ : : .'V' '• '■■ , j -i' :•' «'W.|r!ia(<ifeby!!;ciji!jtftr a! '.■■■ • .« Wiiliillln) »iilt)U try Ulill.;, officers fbr ; the ensuing year. \\ • ' , ■' It was also resolrjed tbafc the yourig v , trout on.haad.fillduld be adyertie6d s ..i. for Bale to give those desiring,' to^took pcinds ororeeka an opportunity' \ of/jdoirig p6 before the lot were distWtributedin'iegtwmßof.ths district,; , ItVasreaolved thafcLrewardLbf Is' 6d per. destroyed! tUe'~Wairatapa/ several / 'members stating- " biiids,/had been seertfapjtively '"eniaged fisMng th"e differ ent strea'nw'inpfiaeighborhoodi , ■ ,.' Mr Beeth&iinltatedthetrputalrjeady • liberated'^^wore;^oin'g u \i4iliv ; many, had' ,be,eMeen^^Ke|itrean|^grpwn' y to ftlargo'size, andjfofhad nodoubf a few sars ; would see trout firmly fciaMfthed. . 'in .thW ing.a revenue jrpi|tjie:licenceiees for angling for Ibem; ''. ; ; ;L .>. ( .. ; ; 1;; %i- Bunny' nioved r a .Wariy ; 'Vote of. ■. thanks to Messrs Beethaniand Parson... fo'rthe great interest they had taken,. ~-' and the time and trouble th6y ; .h'ad ex- .. ; pended in the .'•. Had.it not been;for would;, hot 'have; in .' existencenowi andto Mr Parson's; care was due the very ' the hatching of ova;.:''.-.•;-,: ' Thevote was carried Unanimously. • •• Mrßeethamßaid'wifh him it had ~ been a.labo'r .of >loye,. and had; no doiibt good /would' result from the operations of.'the Society^.Hedid not:. ■• know pui'Mr.Parson^ tax upon his'time, ; ''aMentailed'a"gOod .dealof trouble, v.;-'v.■.;;.;,;;,,; M Lr : .: i Mr Paraon/flaid he diinot inindJthe. /trouble as long as* the' trout.turned '.out ■;■■ . : sation Societies should not attention'exclusively;;'to;, fish, but 'should comhine tp' introduce '•" salt water specimens'ras well, ..'-Ho ■. JpaHicularly, alluded ■.s (the' \ feing, : which was.a delicious fish, ; and gave, em« ■ ployrnent to hundreds of men, women, : and children in the (Jld as well as forming a staple article of food. incertaindistricts. '.He'moved ttiat the. Secretary, write, ito"tthe jijecre-' :, tary of the Wellington and Canterbury Societies with a *iew to seeing whether: •,'■' a Combination .could notje ;made ''io\l introduce herrings and cod'to the New P Zealandcoasts., ',;£'*' Mrßeethamsecondedi^Carried;; The meeting then adjourned. •

: The' Alta, of San Francisco,,; states' 1 - that "If ever there was an 'infamous, cowardly threat it is that of •' of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood .at New York, who says that. Chief Justice Coleridge, of England, has been- • marked for assassination. Coleridge is coming tto this country the present summer at the invitation of the New York Bar Association, and no fate dan ■ be too severe for the vile miscreants • who are. plotting against his life. Of one thing, they may. be aßsured—they will not be suffered to proceed in safety with their preparations for the murder of the nation's guest. Our laws have not yet sunk to, such a state of J'impotency that when conspirators are known to .be plotting murder it is necessary to wait until they have concrime before the State can act." \ 1: Sir''Slimuel Baker, writing to the Times with reference to the outbreak of cholera in Egypt, says ;-«Damietta is a.disgusting example of Oriental neglect and filth accumulation. A long, narrow, street runs parallel .with the river at the back of the dilapidated houses, which for the distance of a mile'rise from the levol : the-stream, The street is without drainage, and is a lniserable'channel of comraunicati«n, deep with poisonous mud after a heavy shower, and full of dust holes emitting germs of pestilence during hot and sultry weather. If cholera can be manufactured,/there could not be a more elaborate factory."

: ' Here is a little story with, a very 'piquant flavor.<)||!rench sauce though prepared by American hands:' A guilt dining-room, with jalmost nothing on the tablo to eat, was itlie peculiarity'of a Boston, miser, M !<vag was invited todinner on a cortain :occasion, and thehost asked him if ho

yidn'tlhink'the .room elegant. •'' YeSj'! was the reply, "ib'ut it is not ..quii'a'' according to. my taste." " And-pray., what change would you.makef asked"'. the'host. "Well,"he answered, "if : this was my.house, jou know, I would have," looking rat the, ceiling, "less. gilding," and here he glanced 'furtively at the dining table, "and more carving.» ::^yJr,; ■>:..;> ,