ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 194, 14 August 1920, Page 12

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

GAME SANCTyAIIT IXVADED,

EFFECT OF TRAAVLING.

'Mr. C. A. Whitney presided at the meetIng of tlji- Au<-klanil Acclimatisation Society la.st evening. Discussion on the lotnt farm soheioe was deferred until after Ihe conference of delegates, to Ijc held in Wellington. The meet mc ciei-idoil to ask the ViOTtrn.inent to extend tbe sanctuary area nt I::in<-lrtri to the junction of tbe WaLkaria Creek n n<l I lie 'Waikatu Ui-ver. thence alone Iho iM-ecli to witiiiu one-quarter of a mile east of fhe railway station, and from there alone the Wuikaio lUvor to tie starting Reference was made by members to the fait that complaints had been received th-U sportsmen wore tiikinff, advantage <f tlio nearness of the railway line to shoot game within the sanctuary, and that a shot fixed has struck a rail-way carriage. The chairman uiovort a resolution recordln* alarm at the serious effect of tiawlinc on tuo flshmß Industry, lhe resolution voiced tho oiiinum Uiat, lu-steacl of tnwvline bnvlng reduced tue cost of lit--h to consirmers, prices "had now mounted to extortionate rates. Tile si>cretarj- was instructed to forwanl the resolution to the Minister of Marine. with the addendum that trawlers ought to be either stopped or kept outside of a line from Cape Tolville to Tolnt Rodney.