AUCKLAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 103, 24 January 1908, Page 4

AUCKLAND.

. ; , :., January 23. }\riting to. the "Herald", about/fishing' at Rotorna, avWellington ./resident-,' .who' ).is spending, a in the Hot Lakes district, says"lt, would break .your heart'..to' see tho wasto of, fish,,whicli isrpermitted'.to take placo here. I'eoplo in Ilotorua Koon'tire of trout,, and it is.difficult for anglers .to get rid pf their bags.- .In fact,'-' things;, have got to such a pass that it is hard, to say.who is the more geuerous, ho-who gives or lie who reeen cs. I as on tho pier 0110 day and saiv ; a . laiinclimiin,' endeavouring,to 'make uso .of some splendid specimens of fish- One person after, another [.refused them until finally he•.thrpw;th,e piclj-pf his party's catch on the • wharf, and headed'off for the: open, saying; 'It's a • shamo' to sec .good fish going;' to i waste.' The private sale of trout,-1 suppose yon Jiiiou,. is prohibited. That might bo.all very well, but' it seems to pie that .the Tourist: ■Department /establish a depot where people, could leave: their surplus fish.- It might , theli be, frozen,: for, ,thero is a re-! frigerating chamber,in llotorua, arid.exported by tho Department, either for sale or for uso ill' Hospitals, otc." Commenting'upon ,• this' communication," the"Herald" ■ .says" No ono, who .knows what is'taking placo will be surprised at, the indignation;' expressedby' a Wellington resident who is spending a holiday in .tho; Hot Lakes: district at the scan-, dalous waste of fish : that'is: going on at llotorua.' ; By'-.'tho Government regulations 'the salo of trout is prohibited, the consequence being that during the fishing, season -'hundreds,, of- magnificent fish aro simply wasted, the'roY being no .means' of disposing 'of them. Thus,, what would, prove a valuable and acceptable addition,to the food supplies of tho people of Auckland is deliberately prevented' from being mado ;use of. / While it is necessary- to' adopt -; precautions- against tlio streams and lakes of tho district becoming depleted of. fish, by tho commercial angler, thero :is no reason ' why, the' salo of trout should not bo permitted .under conditions 'that'would-safeguard.the preservation' of"tlio fishing;; The Auckland" Acclimatisation Society somo' timo_ ago,, while the district Was' under its jurisdiction, proposed l to establish and control-a depot- at Rotorua, where anglers might' dispose of their surplus catches. This would have' met the requirements of:the caso, but the suggestion was vetoed ,by the Government, and nothing has. been done since to improve matters. Though > the waters of Rotoriia teem With trout, and anglers aro perplexed, to know what to do with their catchos, it is impossible'to buy a single fish in Auckland' or elsewhere., This is a state, of things; that ought not to be allowed to continue." Proposed, Patent Slip. ' . The advisablentes of erecting a patertt slip to ,sm'o : tho; purposes of'tho repairs of the larger of' thp vessels employed iir the coasting. trado is being urged ,upoh tho Auckland Harbour Board by Mr. C. (j. Dacre. /Speaking. at. Tuesday's' mee.ting of tlio Board, he said .that tho requirements of tho Government in regard to tho:,repairing of ,vessels were now so exacting that'when a ship got into dock it was difficult to say : when she Would get ;out.'again;. A, longthy detention in docks of courso, meant a 'heavy outlay in fees.; and ho thought that a slip "would prove very sbrviceablo for -this class of vessel.-, Tlio 'chairman (th'e'Hon. E. Mitchelson) said that tho harbour improvements schemo contained provision , for . a slip. Tho matter was rcierrcd;to tho Board 111. committee. , Drainags. , ?- tho.Haibour Board at their .■mooting.oii'.-.Tiiosdny decidcd,'io accept the in'vitatiqii to visit Orakei I'oint 011 Friday next, in company :.with; tho Mayor, and City Councillprs,. ahil -llrV. Midgley; Taylor, in connection'with tho drainage .schemo submitted by •Mr. Taylor to tho Council. Tho Board has also accepted an invitation to bo represented at tho conference of local bodies, which will held 011 Monday, next, respecting tlio same ;inattcr, ;i 111 "reply to Mr. A. lCeyes, ;th«. c&iirmaii of"tlio Board said that some timo' a™o a ••communication had l>eeii- sent to two w( 11-knowii drainage experts in New South ' Wales with 11 view to obtaining their advice ill regard to the proposed drainage outfall. At that timo/their services wero not available, but v if,; after tho - forthcoming conference with' Jlh _ Midglej*. Taylor, it was still thought advisable to havq further advice, no doubt they would bo able to ongagc tho experts mentioned.