DEEP SEA ANGLING CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 5

DEEP SEA ANGLING CLUB.

•'. ■■■■■'■ ' '.:'■ — ~^~. — Vr ~ r~r.. . : ■'■. .:' VEXATIOUS' NOTE FROM MARINE : ■' . •.::, L ;-. -DEPARTMENT. .;.■; \y ; y .: : ' ■^ ■A'.general.'meetiiig"of.ltbe Deep'Sea'.Angling: iClub was-hold- Jast--evening in .the - King's Chambers,- .JMr.YF. - ; W; • Rankine .occupying ;tho chair. ,;.'-' ,■•■;■:, y .■: •' .■ —.'.'\,o .;,. '~ -.. .of.,Mr kl L.Gohen as secretary. oi f the-•club- was- accepted;" aid l Mr. ,,?v Gh Dalrymple, ; was. elected' to .fill,.the vacancy.' , -..M,i club, last rtiglit : elected/'.Mr; l ' G.v'.Edwards as organising 'officer;'-'and'all arrangement's for future .trips -Trill be left- in'' his hands. -'■. •'■ -' , • ;A.letter from the Marine Department'was; Teadand cast "some gloom over; th'ei proceedings, which .were,", up: to '-this stage, going along merrily. It appears that the dub are now practically unable to make' a deep sea trip, unless: an: outside-steamer chartered for. : .the.-;6ccasion.;: The ''■regulations;:" will not allow. tnepßiwaka to-,make-a trip.to. Pallisef Bay. with'a,boat in.tow,:but,the same vessel can make a/trip'if a boat is'fixed up on davits—a -requirement impossible to comply with. Mr.; -Lqckwpod, .a-, member of the club',: showed--letters from ■ similar, clubs in• Auckland, ; who in .consequence ..of what are con-' sidered the , harsh.regulations in force, had practically been compelled, to abandon deep-! sea'trips from'the northern town. ' '-.. ■ i .With a.', view to. enabling the newly-formed-Deep Sea Angling Club to make an occasional deep-sea .trip, letters were sent to several locals shipowners, but' as these had barely time to Vβ answered, -. only',, one,, reply -was. available for last night s meeting, ■ ,:. ' .:" , ...