DUCK-SHOOTING ECHOES

Evening Star, Issue 23273, 23 May 1939, Page 15

DUCK-SHOOTING ECHOES

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY MEETS RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONFERENCE Hangers’ reports occupied a good deal of the time of the Acclimatisation Society last night, some two and a-half hours elapsing before the correspondence on these and other subjects was finally disposed of. Mr W. G. Reid presided. As a recommendation to the conference of acclimatisation societies of the South Island, Mr S. F. Aburn moved that all societies post a copy of the minutes of council meetings to the other societies so that there could be some co-ordination. It was pointed out that the quail season for the Lakes district opened on May 1, while in Otago quail could not be sjiot until the following month. There was no definite boundary between the two different territories, and a good deal of confusion had existed in consequence. By means of interchanging the minutes a large amount of information was put in the hands of the society at a trifling cost. A good deal of discussion ensued before the motion was passed as a remit. Another remit, introduced by Mr G Porter, was that the South Island Council request that more frequent reports of the activities of the research committee should bo forwarded to the various societies. The resignation of Mr M. Barratt was accepted, and it was further decided to send a letter of sympathy for him in his illness.