FISH AND GAME CONTROL

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22851, 26 October 1939, Page 10

FISH AND GAME CONTROL

MINISTER’S PROPOSALS

“The Minister’s proposals seem in the main to be moderate,” said Dr. D. McK. Dickson, president of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society last evening when referring to the proposals of the Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister for Internal Affairs, for the reorganisation of the control of fishing and shooting in the Dominion. “I am glad this society did not get panicky and start crying ‘Wolf’ before there was a wolf about.”

The future of the societies seemed to be in their own hands, from what the Minister outlined, said Dr. Dickson. One thing he did not like was the suggestion that all revenue should be paid to the commission which it was proposed to. set up. There were ways in which the weaker societies could be assisted and the stronger bodies left alone.

“We don’t want any unseemly wrangle with the Minister,” Dr. Dickson said, “At the moment it seems that we can negotiate if we have reasonable proposals to put up. To me, it seems that there is every indication that negotiation can be carried out amicably, and to our own decided advantage.” The secretary, Mr. G. L. PomfretDodd, reported that at a conference of acclimatisation societies in Wellington last week, it was decided to draw up recommendations for submission'to individual societies dealing with the Minister’s recommendations.