ATLANTIC SALMON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 25 January 1911, Page 6

ATLANTIC SALMON.

IMPORTATION INTO NEW ZEALAND.

Mr L. F. Ayson and his assistant (Mr Condon) are busily making preparation? for the reception at Lake Te Anau oi the 1,000,000 Atlantic salmon ova due to arrive at Wellington by the Rua : hine on March 6th. The intention is to stock the Waiau with the salmon. In this Dominion and elsewhere there- ho/, been considerable difficulty in the acclimatisation of this, the best sporting fish of the salmon famiJy. During the past few years the Marine Department has successfully acclimatised the quinnat salmon, and in conversation with Mr Ayson a. representative of the "Southland Times" was told that he (Mr 'Ayson) was quite optimistic with regard to the ultimate success of the effort to acclimatise Atlantic salmon in the Waiau ,which will be carried out on the American principle . Should his expectations be realised (.and there is no reason to- doubt that they will) the Waiau, already famed for its magnificent brown trout fishing, may in p. few years be teeming with. Atlantic salmon. If only a small portion of the ova hatch out and the species becomes acclimatised, a., mightly colony of salmon may be expected to spring up in the Wlaiau that will he of incalculable benefit to Southland in particular and the Dominion generally. The experiment will be watched not only bv anglers generally, but by the people of the Dominion who realise whaJ) vast possibilities awa.it the future. Even as Kotorua and Taupo are famed for the rainbow' trout, in like manner may the Waiau become famed for its salmon.

Art and its ideals remain the same hut artists vary in their interpretation of it. The trouble is it take centuries for the world to make iit ■As mind whether this painter or thai •sculptor was right or wrong in hi; interpretation.—' 'Kunst," Munich.

If every husband made it a poin: tc pay some attention to his wife and her attire from tame to time and even to congratulate her occasionally about her elegance, the ex "tent 0 f "wedded bliss" would bi amazingly increased. Frauenzei tung, Vienna.

In .the art of aerial navigation the French are ahead t>f us. But we niear to soon overhaul them, a nd as for ou: tioops, they.wiLl not allow themselves to bev outdistanced by anyone as regards moral military qua lilies.—"Taeglisehe '' Berlin.

.■Why .should men expect accuracy constant truthfulness, or plaiii speaking from women? Woman 's one grca; power. lie s in being able to concea' Iter thoughts and feelings. And a; the same time her intuition allow., her to surmise what her eternal op ponent—Man—.thinks and feels."Ca zette," Warsaw.

To th e question, Who is our foremost man of letters to-day? • . tin answer, by every reasonable rnoderi ttst, ig a certain African. hunter. Such a .surprising discovery contains at is true, a certain element of <>x citement which' belongs witli what we 'like to think is American versa tiiity. Let Prance and England, it they will, have their societies in■tended to foster- 'literary achieve blent. -We do not; take the thingsj SFr ; ously. It~' : s :i part of :hAmerican's independence lhai wlu-j \i-\ ically has anything io say !.i* cu :-.y it without making .-uci a I-.\y> armiiv it.—"Evening V ><:.'' Ncv r.-ak, ~ ". •

A walk through a. cemetery leads one to surmise that there must be an extraordinary number of good people in this world. The living cannot be worse than the dead, and these seem all to be buried tinder memorials ■which celebrate their Journal" (Paris). • During the past two months several Dannevirke residents have formed themselves into parties and. essayed the ascent of the Ruahine' Ranges. Those who have succeeded in,' accomplishing the feat speak, .says the> Dannevirke "Advocate," highly of the oeautiful scenery and foliage. On a bright day an excellent view of tho town of Dannevirke and the surrounding districts is to be (Obtained: . Dr. Thacker has recently made some investigations in regard to the effect of the smoke in the Lyttelton tunnel on drivers who are frequently employed on trains that run between Lyttelton and Christchurch. He has found (says this"Lyttelton Times") that- a surprisingly large number of the drivers have, symptoms of a lung disease called anthracosis, w!iich, evidently, can be traced to the smoke in .'the tunnel. He believes that prolonged employment in the tunnel wilft inevitably undermine the drivers' health, and he suggests that men who are on'tlie line ought to be given one month's holiday in the year in order to have a chance to recuperate. Never has there 'been such inter communication betweeu peoples and tongues as there is at the pre.sen day. We English, whether we wil or not. are missioners to the notChristian world. —Dr Hicks, Bisho] c f Lincoln. The usual cry when all the city folk have gone away from the country is tha the farmer and h : s family at least have peace. Our experience is the opposite ft has struck us that the farmer and hi: family usually enjoy their intercourse with the city people and the opportunity it fives to take up subjects and conversation which they do not have during the long winters. —"Collier's Weekly" (New York).' ' - There can bo no doubt th".t the "re--cord" craze, which is universal jiowa; days, has made it possible to solve many problems of importance. "Revue" (Paris).