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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1927, Page 2

The fact that the Golden Fleece Art Union had resulted in a loss of over £l6O to the promoters, the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was disclosed at a meeting of that body. The receipts totalled £3106 4s 3d and the expenditure £3273 12s, a loss of £167 13s 9d thus being shown. An uncommon request was granted at the meeting of the Manukau County Council. A ratepayer stated that the grave of a relative was situated on a piece of land that had been acquired for roading purposes, and he asked the council to sell him a small area of- land surrounding the grave. The request was granted;

Many people spend an evening or tw’o catching eels during the season, using baited hook or “bob” of worms and hu-hus, as opportunity offers, but this method was scorned by the oldtime Maori, who obtained large catches of the fresh-water eel by constructing weirs across streams, or eel baskets (hinaki) made of supplejack vines split and plaited. It was related by Mr Cook at the Auckland Acclomatisation Society meeting at Te Awamutu last, week that recently he had known 57 eels to be caught in one eel-basket placed in the Upper Wtmganui River in one night; next night a further 28, while on the third night 12 were secured—a total of 97 in three nights. The society is considering the question of procuring a number of eel-baskets for use under the society’s direction in streams and pools where eels are suspected of reducing the trout population.