OTAGO ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION.

Evening Star, Issue 11693, 26 September 1902, Page 1

OTAGO ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION.

„ - .. - < ;, --, * 7 .v,«' *, jr> v The anmaf - meeting • of; members' d£ i‘ i3 l Association • -w as -held last, knight "'in v the Mr'E..of the'- Association) . j bccupyihe r: V-''; the chmr.. The ' ,repprt>''(thc • * the .mmbersliip. of', the <: ciation has increased'during\the .number, on' tha .against forty-one last,' year., ’ ‘ .season •was." a very.’fair .-one as. ■•regards- : ’,'■' angling, generally. The ’ majority ,Vpf - streams were wfell,: stocked; and the /sport' " L -' consequently -good.' Hie ■ Leith; as mrnti;! *• was a good .deal.mn on for-the ~early,.part: o£ the season, and yielded a good, deal tdf ; // sport. . The Waitafi was’ not "much in-;''’ ’ proved ,on last year. . -WaiVnmarfi~ -, seems,to suffer a.good, deahfrmn l! ■ and it is,pot? at. all a reliable, .stream for''a " •••. ? a ys. fishing,-. The Shag ?Eiver,?.was stocked,: jbut' for some months .pfithe - i was almost . uufishafale on accoanfc-tof, tb£ v ‘ low state ..of- the • river. tod/the- great growth of green .weed. However,.-the, ; >< floods in the latter partVil the season reme- n- - r . died this fault. : : During the -seatona series--*-.of five competitions .was. held.. - ‘ The report ><. concludes by thanking;.the .various ■ donors ■' ■ • of pmfes; Messrs Scoullar. and Chisholm. -**■ tor the loan, of tables, etc.; dBO--Jlr'P> T „;- v - Russell, secretory of the Acdimatisafcidu i oqciety, tor his courtesy and general, into---rest in the welfare of the Association. TB' e shows ,a credit balance ; df 4 £ZI Us, which;Sa little less than>thatld£r : year, but is accounted for, by, the . that some of the pmd shdidd *' -come into last' year’s accounts. v ‘. .The adoption of the report todhManbe- 1 toeet was formally moved by the presi- ' dent, seconded by Mr M‘Gallum,: a nd carned, after which six new members were propbred and ; elected. -The * electioh df ■ - office, bearers was toen proceeded' with,‘Mr ’ Chisholm, who ..was .reflected -president; ■ .expressed his thanks, for 'the honor cbnlerred upon^him.,. ** : 'On the motion of Mr Aitken the mraber ‘ of vice-pxp&idents was increased from two to ; six, there elected- being Messrs' A'. An•&°r. R o S ’ R..Cogwk’ P - F * Bntterworth, and Rl T Wheeler,' jun, ' . ■ .—. 1 . .E. Jenkins was rea'ppojnted ~as • ¥ r J* A * ken ™ VdectS-^ F. Peake’ auditor. - ~“ e touting- Committee were appointed • Messrs G. Crow, D. Gobke, J B.'-lfCal-(Tl| H R %■ Pro utj i R. Long;.’ L k % c ?' 1 - »• B *>*... Mr irCaUnm drew attention to' the exawvicM; .the• sAsretmy' 'Uirt the treasurer, and proposed that some ' **mshape of a . gentlemen.; !TKI S . , - met with general approval, 'androfr toe .to--/ gestion_ of the presidenfe a sunTof 6 guineS - was voted-for that:purpose. - 1 '. •■■. ■ • Mr H. Isaacs forwarded-a box >o f ‘New ' Zealand . nmmpws for competition ■ amdn» members of the 'Association. • The eift was received with thanks. retaiy ito ■to 3tn thafr his ' present^would be .awarded es j one .of, tie P?^® 8 during the coming?.seas(Ki...o ~ The -busing , portion of the 'meetmg : hav- - ’ peen concluded, proceedinjgs rtodc- the form -of a. social reunion,, mid a impital prto . * gramme of myssoc was provided, dnring an " 1 fa 'Qtairmafl ‘ • po. the K|^aid^rtend6nrev*--Hh’^6i'glft;t}mt'^ mm ventured out in such weather .'-, through-such totid-Was quite'fit? ’ to dpp A ! P*. the Jtnglers; . *. -He j congratula^d. : anglers that this year, as in previous years- ' they would.be shouldering their rods’ 'oh-the'; - Ist October. They were indebted to a very greni; exetent io 'Sir J. G. Ward, the Anring- , for haying dope his utmost to get' v , thb. ;x ishenes Conservation 80. put on the Statute Book as quickly as possible, so that '>' xfc wquld becbme law before the Ist October ’ Otherwise they, would-have Ven in a pretty fix An objectionsb'.e feature'of the Bfll had • • b t Pl V? V i ped ont . and that was that those who. had property alongside a fishing stream, ■wide they might fish themselves, could not delegate that right to anyone else.- Another ’ thing -he was delighted 'with' was that the •method, of .selling the right ,to .fish rivers had.-been put - down. ■■ .There were many advantages in living in-a democratic conn- ■ try. To-think that we could, by, paying £l. for a license, fish' any stream we liked was a matter to be proud of. It was a liing we ought to be deeply grateful, for,r and he hoped, anglers would appreciate-what had been done for them. Mr Chhho’m then’ refined to the,early history of the'Associar lion and the benefit it had done to the sport in Otago, and. alluded to "the: pleasures of r argling. These, ho said, defied description, and were really enough to,make'one’s hair ttand on end if oile had ary. : Nevertheless, in, language rich in piscatorial : phrase and redolent of the fresh air and the ddighte an appreciative angler finds in Nature while pursuing his sport, Mr Chisholm drew, a vivid picture of the “gurtling burn” and , the “louping trootie x ” proving that the'old Waltoniaa spirit still lives ; among the wielders of. the greenheart. Mr Chisholm concluded by paying a tribute to the excellent social spirit existing among anglers,. . and . resumed his seat amidst general ap- ; plause. • Mr Jams Richardson referred to the permission given to anglers by owners of .prc perty to fish streams on whose banks there was -no He moved that, the Anplers’ Association tender a vote of thanks to those property-owners,—Carried. Songs were rendered by Messrs AWright, Errington, Forster, ' Clarkson, Foster, McDonald, Hanlon, . and Warsaw ; wh3e Mr Gray gave some bagpipe selections, • and an exceueht orchestra cqnferibnted in no small degree to the pleasure . of those present. The catering was in'the efficient hands of Mr Aldred. At 'he conclusion a vote of thariks was passed to' those who had provided the music, the vote being, acknowledged by Mr Cooke, who had supplied the accoiupaniments. The social; closed with the hearty singing of ; ‘ Aul4langi ' syne ’ and the National‘Anthemi ' '' J