TO-DAY'S PAPER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 518, 27 May 1909, Page 5

TO-DAY'S PAPER.

ANNUAL MEETING,

;.. ; ';., '-'About'twenty members of tho "Wellington J:.'-'.: Acclimatisation Society'attended the : twenty-- -.' fourth, annual meeting'last evening.. 'Mr: L.' ft:.ft; o.:H.jTripp; presided; ''ft: -ft;ft'."'~'{i • -The chairman, in moving, the .adoption of ,;,::>;; the':' reports and, balauco : sheot (already ipub;';•.'■.'.::;lishSd), said'that, the financial position had ';, been: considerably - improved during the year.' 1 ;■;.': 'Receipts..from.-fishing.licenses"'had' fallen off :?;;--:';. by £o7;,but .those ri'oini shooting and deer .'licenses showed an increase.' He .thoughtthat the society 'should turn- but. more -yearling .trout,;.'keep 'down .the shags,' and, ..if, pos-. .-■ *• Bible; destroy tho eels.: He_ know that.' Alr. : ; '.'. Ec!aar..ytekapa':Joading\authonty, lioid '.tlidt ■'•: ; - the' shag did lyery,,littto;harm'to trout, but .'■'■' the 'evidence' of/sportsmen wasvagainst, the -"': -~": birdl-.Stoats.'and hawks, he thought,:' w.e'ro ',;,,.! chiefly, responsible -for.''a,'decrease of game. .-'.-''.The.'caretaKer at .the-game "farm had/killed , . ■: some "forty stoats-'diiiing -the. year. Tho ..various' deer herds;in;tho .district ,wore doing 7,;. .very . bad-.heads-were'observed '■ft';:- among ~the.-h'crds:-thcy'•■ should 'bo',destroyed.; ';.:!:'. -:as soon 'as possible.. -The rangers'.had done ■; 'v:'good->.ork,during:-thefye'ar;'and.when funds' ..'■; ; ! '.'would "allow, ho-h'oped that their.; numbers 'Vi.lwould be increased. : The, establishment of ftft' the ftquirMt isalmon -'in) .southern ;■ fivers had■' ,: encouraged the.Governmentto try, to estab- ,' - ;i -.' lish ?,-.the Atlantic., salmon,: whose .successful rftftintroductioh'- would .be 'h great . asset to the "ftft "country.ft-The. ; chairman announced -that as ":;..,he' conteraplated.'/a.'.trip to: the;.. Old ..Country,; ;■ -" '.he ', would .not'stand..for-:re-election,'.;but:ho :' :: hoped during., his '.absence -from ' the Domiri- '■'.'] -ftion;-to-. gain .some..knowledge)that. would',be ':.f : : ;■ useful ..to tho '.Society;, ftft -h::;:.■;:■,;-/ A; ■ :-Mr.;H.'H.' Ostler seconded l the motion for .;■:.:, the -adoption -, of ..tho: report -and .: balance-.. )>:.'^-.sheet,:wnich,was,;anfe^cf:to unanimously.: .. ■':';.: > Mr.. L.-G; Reid," hon. treasurer, I ,said that. :•■':,.." this l ;was his twenty-fifth anniversaryft.of as':■"■'ft suming'.that-'offico.--,:ln\an interestingiretrbBpect'of.tho;society's history; ho stated that ■•'i:.\y itiwas originally formed in .1871, but-'in 1884 .:■:: : : complaint xas! made,: that-it,had-iong, been :::■'-.•> impossiWe:'fo.:get ;.a"meeting,.together,' ; and, ;,j' ... -R«id : ■;: '■;.; quotbd figures :to a show..■the.increaso .in, the ':-" iexpenditureVat-tho-'Maste'rtoh'.ppnds; ofij-e- ---..', cent.(years,-,aud .that. .by,;thej.end,.of '.-;■ ; : !:,..the>present''yearitho:soeiety-iwould ,prob'a.blx '.*..': ''havei cleared■'-.off„i-its"='debit'.balance. The-ex-'-.'.'penditure ; at,'the r game' farm:had also boon -'."vjieduced; '.'Sporting 'licenses showed already; /.X;.;an'iricfe'ase on'.those ..of last i-year.^which'.'exf :': ceede'd-in-'-yalue-by, £70 .those of the' :proi V"':; ; :VJous;-yeaf/.--;:'j.'hn introduction-:nf.-tlv- ,F.'"'i''sli' ; r ;.:■''"deer'ati tbe : park.■ was;due :to Mr. "W. Wake-; ;.V: '■'..■■ jnan. : ''" :: 'r-'--' -I'-'^lh.'.':*■<.■■■>- -.-"-.■''■. '.-'.'-■'.'•, ■" ; ,: ~Mr. A.'.'F; Lowe explained that in previous' ft! ; : I'years;: ; ;wheh 'the!^expehditure;,-.was'. ■{ much: /.'"■•- greater.. at: ; . the:;Masterton, hatcheries, .there ;;:';',,..was a muchillarget,contra','account.for sale of ->-.":■::'bva^' , ;r: ; y- : '<'.' ; ri" ; . v :;-^' 1 ;:'':■''-,"/", 'i.;V '"-'•'' .'v ::' :The following,officers.were elected'.-rrPresi-, - dentj his Excellency the. Governor; yice-pre-r :^'-:sidents,; Messrs;, "WiftH;; Beetham;., George' ':' -'A : Denton,,;Ai:'J.;:Eutherford,: and L.'O.:H. :■'--.'•'-iTrippj■cbnnoilj!':Me'sßrs':'-,-'W. Barton (Waira- > :;:rapa South),.W.' J.r-Birch (Rangitikei Souths, : : : ;; R..' ? ;o;-,Bruce;«, (Rahgitikei :D. M'Gregor/(Wairarapa-North), 0.. K. Wilson ft-•:v(Levin),'-'F/. C..:;Tiirnef' T.. G. Sttekwell Wakeham ■ft: ' (Hahiatua);::;C.':y^^':,::TrJmrnll.:'F: : AVltjtl-'V.. ft'" :LftG. F. Lbwe,'J. J. v Devine, Major ; ft'ftj. Bumey H/ H. Ostlerj' Wakelin, and L. H. ft " ; VB.vWilson.'-.: :!■'■• '"■■■''■ ft'". ''. .-" ■-'- ...ft" "■'.: Messrs;-'HftifL' Ostlef; L;;G.- Reid, and J. ■ ftJr'.Doviner were, appointed :a sub-committeb: .';to:;cbnsider"v,the'.revision :,of the rules, • some' ftftsftof.which have;be'come butof date.' ;; ','■ ,-:-■..■.'■''

SOME LEADING FEATURES. LEADERS- , Pbbi Conflicting Moralities i Civil Somco and Politics .'• 1 CABLEGRAMSSouth Africa 5 Federal Politics < , 5 , ' Germany 5 . Colliery Crisis i- 5 Budget Taxes 5 Cricket S Recent Massn'cres 5 Radium -Production .....,.......,.••••■••■•—••• 5 Arohbishop of Sydnoy ................i ••• 5 Law, and the Church 5 Reward, Dead,or Alivo 5 The Loch Lomond 5 GENERAL--, ' Arbitration'Court "■•• 2 New Zealanders Abroad 3 " Star Boating Club Dance 7 Eutt Borough Council • '7 • Distress in Wellington * AssistnnboMasteis.' Association i Two Wnnixinii! Boots * Pctone Borough Council 4 Meeting of Creditors 4 Religious Instruction in Schools 1 Alleged Libel j <> Timber Commission •'. 6 Building ih Iron ..: 6 Masterton Notes , S Acclimatisation Society 5 AJOMMERCIAl 8 FAI?M INDUSTRY 8 LAW REPORTS 9 LOCAL AND GENERAL i PERSONAL ITEMS i SHIPPING AND MAILS 7 WOMAN'S WOULD „ 3 ENTERTAINMENTS : .'..'... 6 PROVINCIAL NEWS '. 6 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS 6 , oPORTS- , The Turf 6 Football 7 Hockey 7 Eifle Shooting ": 2 ' ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.