LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 30

LAND AND WATER.

The annual rej ort of the New Zetland Amateur Athletic Association eh-jws the association to be ia a good position, ifc having a balance in hand or' £12 10j 3d. Reference is made to ibo AuslrUasidU Championship meeting, and tha fact that the one of 1901 ia to be held in New Zealand. At the New Zealand Ch&sopionehip meeting bovcu caps and 14 badges were won by competitors. The records p&sfed during tha year had been : P. H. Creamer, one-mile walk, 6min 27 2-ssec ; D. Wilson, three-ruilo walk, 2Lmin 37scc. Twenty clulsa-e now r.ffilatfd to the association, a3 a^aiii&t 23 last ye< r. Th» annual meeting will h>xve to consider the Aiiottoeufc of the New Zi aland Champ'onship meeting for 1899. At a we-l-atlendf d meeting or the committee of tht Dunedin Fanciers' Club ifc was reported that entries were coming in finely for all sections, ii eluding poultry, pigeons, and dogs, and fevtral entries rf cats bad been received There wac a p-< lability of a larg? entry fo<- the fprnceiw am! shepherds' coilie class. Tha Secretary recocted that several more valuable epfcial prfzes had rcen received, including a gold medal frr tha beftt collie in the show and a silver medal for the b^si; smooth-coated coliie.

An uncommon denizen of the deep of the water snake tribe, toina 3>t or 41fc long and of about the greatest ilifckucee of a. cailor'e whip, t*a3 Os.ugb.li recently by a fishesraan ia Evan's Bay, Wellington Harbour.

Tiio s>f-nbon for shooting Native and imported g;un? closed on the 31st July.

Mi- Walter Miller, .stock inspector at Wairai\tp:i. hos been transferred to Napier, and is succeeded there by iir Jenkin&on, from Timaru. Mr Way±ie, of the Stock department, a»cnt at Milton, has been promoted to be assistant inspector at Wairarapa.