LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 44

LAND AND WATER.

It seems probable that there will be some pigeon-shooting in the Waipori Bush this year. At present there are a good many there, and if they stay until the shooting season sets in, there may be a few very fair bage made. An occasional ka ka may be seen in the same locality, but they are few and far between. — Taieri Advocate.

The Gore Mounted Rifle Corps, numbering 74 men, was sworn in on Friday evening. It was at first intended to raise a troqp representative of the Mataura Valley, but enough men offered from Gore alone to make up the strength of a company. A Sydney cable states that R. Craig won the 100 Yards Swimming Championship of New South Wales. The time was lmin 3sec, which is an Australasian record. The monthly medal of the Otago Ladies' G-olf Club was held on Tuesday, March 6. The following are the scores : —

ANGLING,

Waimakariri. — Mr H. Wheeler secured a fine basket of 11 trout while fishing at the mouth of the Waimakariri on Saturday, 3rd inst. The totals weight of the fish was about 301b, the heaviest scaling 41b. Ashley. — Owing to the slight fall of rain on the hills during the past months, the River Ashley has become dry under the railway bridge. A correspondent states that there are thousands of young trout in the pools left here and there in the riverbed, and the Acclimatisation Society's ranger, Mr R. Darling, is busy removing them to the stream running opposite Coldstream, where the water never fails. The large trout have endeavoured to reach deep water.

tfrs Ogstoii .., „: \ltl3 Fergus . . . . iliss K. Rattray . . tliss Scott .. . . Miss Begg .. .. tfrs Gilray .. .. .. 92 .. 102 .. 102 .. 102 .. 11l .. 131 5 8 20 92 97 102 102 103 111