DEER STACKING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 8

DEER STACKING.

,° FORTUNATE SPORTSMEN'. ■■ , Christchurch, April 23. • " parties of deer stalkers have re* ' d turned from the Lako Hawea district!having scHJuredtheir complement- of . heads. Baron j. F. \on Kusserov, of Victoria, was the most e fortunate sportsman this season, his bag .bea ing.made.un' of an-eighteen pointer and!three '• o royals. , The .eighteen, pointer v is *'42in. in ' T) °f-.'horn,'• spread 35£ in., circumference- •- of beam 6in., : and circumference of biirrs 9in. . 0 p le head is well-shaped, and is said to,be the finest that has come out of the. Hawea dis- • II trict. The three-royals, were all good heads. ' Cumberland and Colonel Parryeach • |c obtained four.- heads near- Lake Hawea, and II Messrs. T. C. and J. D.-Williamson, 'whd were • , .camped at tho Lindis, also ■ filled their y licenses. .Only i; one-other. eighteen, pointer i-. has been shot iu'tho Hawea district. This r was got by Mr. . .Studholmo some . years agos but the one shot by Baron Von Kusserov is tho much larger head of the two. ■ ; . SALMON.' , 4 tu c.i.., 'Christenuron, April iJS.'--• ■Lne fish.which was caught in Caroline Bay some time ago and-thought to'be a :'quin'nat' n salmon, was sent to Dr. Moorhouss'for ex- '■ pert identification. Dr. Moorhouse states ' , that the fish, was without-doubt a quiniiat ' salmon, probably about one year old, and - _ would have ascended some river next year- as a grilse. He was particularly pleased to reji eeivo the specimen, as it was the first-wild T - caught quinnat he had handled.. He went on to say: "It is a pity that the Atlantic salmon .(Salmo'Salar) have not done as well r as the Pacific. salmon, as they would give . sport in our rivers whereas tho Pacific salmon, r .including the quinnat; are practically useless . to us _ fishermen as . they have practically-' )• ,never v ;beeiV;)inown ito..takei;a bait in-fresh , water; i They will take spinning baits'(spobri) 1 in the; sea near the mouths of the rivers, ' i but as soon as they taste fresh water- they , stop feeding at once.", J CALLIOPE DOCK. •' r Auckland, April 23. The proposed alterations to the Calliope - Dock have been criticised as "ridiculous;" 3 -,but tho.reply to this-is that ;it is'.only. pr<> 5 posed to widen ;the . bottom of tho dock at a t comparatively small- cost.'. This; it is stated, t .will enable siicli vessels'as tho Powerful, and r. the largest'steamers ' trading New, Zca- . i land, to be takon into tho dock. . The cost of a new dock would be £190,000 or £120,000, ) and it is' not considered necessary to incur ' 5 this expenditure'at present. : . . \ PRICE OF GAS. ' ' Napier, April 23. t The manager of the Napier Gas Company * has; written, to,'tho'local inspectorof the - , Labour. Department' in connection with tho comparison iu . tho Labour: Journal of the prices of commodities in New Zealand towns, pointing! out- that whereas the price of gas . 'in Napier is quoted at 7s. Cd. per 1000 feet, .' the jiet price is tjs. per 1000 feet! ' • MERCANTILE REPRESENTATION ON' < ! HARBOUR BOARDS. 1 Napier, April 23. - The: Committee 0 f the 'Chamber of Com-,-merce to-dav decided to co-operate\with the . Wellington Chamber in urging. the l continuance of mercantile representation oij Harbour Boards. ! CONTROL OF CASH ATHLETICS.. ' : , • Invcrcargill, April 23. v At a meeting, of the Mataura. Athletio' Society a griovanco. of tho- Southland and Wauganui Caledonian Societies was'.'.-9011-, sidered. The meeting'carried' the following' resolution"That this Society, wishes ■to express appreciation, of the successful efforts of .tho Athletic Union to control cash l athletics in New. Zealand. As there ar'o affi. liatqd with the .Union .fully .98 per cent, oi tho athletic societies and i competitors, we fail to understand how any .society- can claitr to be acting in tho interests „ of; sport', bj ■- standing, aloof from tho Union. . This societj especially, appreciates, tlid good work of the president, Mr. G. W. Woods." ■ -,' ■j, , CAPTAIN ENGLAND'S RETURN. ■' ; . . Christchurch, April 23. . Captain R.: England, recently master-' of tho British, Antarctic Expedition's vessel .the Nimrod, with. Mrs. England, returned to town yesterday. . Captain and, : Mrs„ England' / intend leaving for Wellington next week to ' join tho Ayrshire,- by which steamer they will voyage to Great Britain. . . BUTCHERS' WAGES.' - Invercargill, April 23. At a meeting of , tho Southland Operative Butchers' Union,'- a special committee, appointed to meet the master butcheirs in-'con-ference, in regard to wages and conditions of . labour,' reported on-the. result'of the con- • sultation/ After/ consideration the meeting resolved to accept .the' employers', offer.,- The terms of tho new .agreement -vary but- slightly from the agreement hitherto-in force.--CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. : '.V. Auckland, April 23! The annual Chrysanthemum Shore. was ' opened to-day, the'chief prize-takers being-: Mr. A. J. Leroy, Miss Elsie Fyldeii, Miss Cadwallader, Mrs. Noel Walker, Mr. H.'W; ' Taylor, Mr. E. J. Harvey, Mr. W. Abraham, Mrs. T. D. Leedhain, Mr. John Collins, Messrs. D. -Hay and Sons, Mr.' J. H. Hutchinson, and Mr. H. Mimro'Clark."-'.-.' ' ' NEWS IN BRIEF. » ~ „ Timaru, April 23. 111 tho Police Court at this morn* ing, two young men named Frank Palmer and John Bates were fined 505., and costs £3 165., for shooting game out of season. • , , , Gisborne, April' 23. A burglary .occurred at Colebrook's store at «aerengaahika. last night, about £40 be-jiie;-takers .