STOCKING THE STREAMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 January 1929, Page 4

STOCKING THE STREAMS.

GOOD WORK OF ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

Members oil; the council of the South Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, as ' sis ted. by many ’willing helpers yesterday liberated 6600 yearling brown tiout. Ol’ this number 3600 were liberated in the Wainongoro. River from the Ford Road, Normanby, to a point three miles ; stream. Mr Chas. Davies, a member of the executive, took charge of 2000 yearlings for liberation in the streams in yhc Manaia district, principally in the T\aupekonui. With the assistance of ice ihc trout carried well and were pot oat- :u first-class condition.’ The streams were in good order and he yearlings will do better from now cm m the rivers than in the hatchery. On Tuesday 500 rainbow yearlings were taken out by Mr W. Lambie,. of Piliama, for liberation in his district Within the last few days 500 brown tiout yearlings have been placed in the Otakeho stream at the South Road bridge by Mr E. H. Harrop. , The society has sent twelve of this year’s pheasants to Mr Thomas Foreman at Alton and Mr Chas. Davies has been supplied with a dozen birds for liberation in the Manaia district. Recent) acquisitions at the Hawex.’. hatchery are two brace of .grey duck, which were reared by Mr Lambic at Pihama.