TONGARIRO RIVER
Alleged Deterioration In Fishing Agreement with the views of Lieut.Colonel A. Oldfield, of the Fly Fishers’ Club, London, and other overseas anglers who- forwarded a memorandum to the former Minister of Internal Affairs in respect of the alleged deterioration in the fishing at Tongariro, is expressed by Mr. H. J. Duigan, president of the Upper Waikato and Tongariro Anglers’ Club. Sir. Duigan recalls that in July last a deputation from the club waited upon Sir Alexander Young, then Minister of Internal Affairs, and emphasised that by river control more pools would be available for the increasing number of anglerstliat flocked to the Taupo district every year. Several remits passed at the annual meeting of the club were placed before the Minister.
“Although we have not received from the Internal Affairs Department what we deem to be satisfactory replies in regard to many of the remits, still we received every courtesy from Sir Alexander Young and Uiclpful assistance from the Under-Secretary and other officers of the department,” states Mr. Duigan.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 72, 18 December 1935, Page 10
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171TONGARIRO RIVER Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 72, 18 December 1935, Page 10
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