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Otago Witness, Issue 2252, 29 April 1897, Page 38

TO ANGLERS. BUY YOUR RODS DIRECT FROM THE B3ST ENGLIMH MAKERS. HARDY'S Celebrated Steel Centre Cane Built Rod", (iold Medal Brand, acknowledged Finest in the World, guaranteed indertrnctiblc. Special N.Z. patterns as used by principal members of Otago and Canterbury Angling Association, Jock Scott, &c, &c. The ' lift to 12ft, £5 16s 6d ; tho 15ft for fly and * spinning, £8 lls Od ; net prices in England. Theso have two tops, cork covered handles, patent lockfast joints and bridge rings, universal reel iittings, all complete. Makers of rods and tackle for all parts oi the world. Illustrated catalogue free.— HARDY BROTHERS, Lontion and North British Works, Aluwick, Eng- j iand. Catalogues may be had from the Otago Witness on receipt of 4d for postage. Otisgo Acclimatisation Society* THE SEASON for IMPORTED GAME (Hare? and Quail) OPENS on MAY 1 and CLONES JULY 31. L-cense Fee, £1. D. RUSSELL, Hon. Secretary, The Society publish the following exlnct from Mew Zealand Gazette, Apnl 13, 1597, for the iuformation of vesideat-5 :—: — 1 NOTICK RKftPKOriXG NATTVE AND IMPORTED GAME. Col. Sec.'s Office, Wellington, April 6. The attention of sportsmen, game dealeis, and others ia called to the provisions of "The Animals ■ Protection Act Amendment Act ISS9" and of "The Animals Protection Acb Amendment Act 1^95," which a r<? now iv foicrf A digest ot the chief of such provisions is subjoined, viz. : "The Animals Protection Act Amendment I Acr INSii." j Fection 4. No peison shall kill, destroy, or shoot 1 at any game or native game with anything but a ; bhouMer pun, and no such gun must exceed size No 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels exceed- I iiig 3ft 111 length. No guv shall exceeil 101b in weight. , Any per&on offending against this provision is liable to a \J-nalty not exceeding £10. ! Section 5. No pi-rsou shall sell any native game, ' or take or kill any native game for the purpose of , sale without previously taking out the required ' liceuse. i Penalty not exceeding .£2O. ! Section 6. No t.ale of native game shall take , place prior to the Ist May and subsequent to the Ist August in atiy year. If any person hold a license to sell game— i.c , importer! fjame— he is not l.able to pay a second ■ fee on taking out a license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game. , "Thr Amjiils Protection Act Amendment Act 1595." \ Section (I. Section 12 of " The Animals Protection Act 1830" is repealed. No peison can now sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he be the holder of a liceuse to sell • such game. Penalty not exceeding .££o. 29ap J. Cakkoll, Acting Col. Sec.