LAND AND WATER

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 43

LAND AND WATER

At a meeting of the council of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on the 21sfc letters* ivere read from Sir John Hall drawing attention to the damage caused Ito lambing flocks by seagulls. It was de- ] eided to bring the matter under 'the notice of the Co-lonial Secretary, with a view to obtaining permission for* landowners to shoot gulls on their own property. The society _decided to object to^ the "granting of the prayer of .a petition by fishermen that netting for trout should be permitted in Lake Ellesmere under certain conditions. I - Mr Collins, M.H.8., has telegraphed' to ;~6he Minister of Jifstiee, suggesting a remission of the remainder of the sentence on Lillie Long, 'convicted "of cruelty ""to ' her step-children, on* the ground that she has been sufficiently punished, and has received a severe warning. ■ ' • - An enormous number of whitebait made | their appearance in the Grey River last week, • and so dense was the column that the fishers I scooped them up literally by the gallon. One siicccssful fisherman filled 20 kerosene tins in an incredibly short space of time. There has been nothing like this during the season, though something similar was seen on the Teremakau a few days ago. i According- to the Clutha Free* Press, a. shark, 10ft long, was caughL at Port Molyneux last week. i Mr Ayson, inspector of fisheries, informs the Oamaru Acclimatisation Society that the llin- ! ibter having authorised the construction of a hatchery at Hakataramea, the work will be gone on with at once. Mr Thomas Lewis, Blackstone Hill, has been appointed an officer under " The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1664-,'.' and also a ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, for the 'Otago district. j Regulations for netting trout in Lakes Te I Anau and Manapouri arc contained in the last I issue -of the Gazette. I The New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association has appointed a subcommittee to deal with the question of amali gamation with the Auckland Association. It was reported that the proposals made in a letter from R-. St. Clair, asking whether the . association would assent to registration, and 1 also an alteration of general headquarters, had been agreed to. The subcommittee's action was approved. The New Zealand championships for the seJson were allotted to Canter- • I bury clubs. Efforts will be made to have ■ them decided during the first week in Janu- . ary. A race of 44-0 yards for the championship of Southland and £50 aside was decided at In- > ; vereargill on Wednesday- (says the News), the j competitors being G. Harris (Limehills) and !C. Robinson (Nightcap"). The former goi 1 much the better start, and won the race, covering the distance in S'l-sec • At a meeting of the committee of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to make arrangements for the ChaYnpionship meeting next month, it was decided to communicate with Stanley Rowley, the Australian champion, inviting him to compete at the meeting, and the secretary was instructed to ascertain whether there is any likelihood of M. M. Roseingrave, the famour Irish athlete, visiting Christchurch in time to compete, i A Wellington telegram Ftates that the Old Boys' Race at the Wellington sports resulted in a^ win for Pollock.. with Odlin second, and Bottomley .third. L. Hales won the challenge cup. Last Friday a traveller on the North roac between the Clarence River and Kekerangu was astonished (says the Timaru Post) to -sec a large jelly'like mass on the beach, apparentlystranded by the receding tide. On investigation it proved to be an enormous squid or cuttle fish. Large portions had been torn away, presumably by a sperm whale, which is the only inhabitant of the South Seas who | would be likely to attack such a monster. j It may be stated that the remaining part of ' the squid which came ashore was estimated to I weigh over two tons. j The crack yacht Rainbow, a 36-footen ' owned by Mr A. Pittar, sailed from Auckland, yesterday for Lyttelton to take part in the Jubille regatta. The owner and crew (numbering five) will sail her down the coast, calling at Gisborne and Wellington on the way. A team of lawn tennis players from the Kaituna Club paid a visit to Port Chalmers on Saturday afternoon, and played a friendly game with the local club.. The play was very eveu in some of the. games, though

the visitors succeeded in scoring all the sets,and eventually won by twenty-seven games. The Kaituna- players were very hospitably entertained by the Port Chalmers Club, the lady ' members providing afternoon tea for players and visitors. A novel method was adopted in Sydney to challenge the justness of a decision by an ,umpire at cricket that a bowler was throwing The incident occurred in the matcn 'Colts Fifteen v. the First. Eleven of New South Wales. On Saturday Mr Curran, the Ximpire, had no-balled Marsh for throwing. •The Eleven resumed their innings on Monday, 'Marsh bowling with a splint, on his arm, to 'demonstrate the fairness of his delivery. Ih consequence of this action, Curran (the umjipire) refused to act, and S. Jones took his [place. Marsh bowled to the end of the dnnings, and the splint seemed to make no 'difference to his delivery. The Eleven carried their innings to 320 before they were disposed of. Marsh took six wickets for 121 (runs. The Colts did not make a very bril- ' tliant stand, the bowling of Noble being very l «ffective. Their innings closed for 223, W. |Pite (45), Poidevin (55), and Duff (36) being principal 'scorers. Noble secured eight for £10 runs.