THE HAWEA DEER-STALKERS' ASSOCIATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 61

THE HAWEA DEER-STALKERS' ASSOCIATION.

The anual meeting of the Han%a Deer- ni btalkers' Association was held in the school- JllJ 11 house on August 8, when there was a fair j * 9 attendance, 26 members being present. ™ The election of office-bearers resulted as I follows : —President, Mr P. J. M'Carthy ; vice-president, Mr W. P. Cotter; hon. secretary, Mr W. Alexander. A large amount of correspondence from g^ various sportsmen who had been communi- w cated with and requested to use their in- ft fluence towards seouxing Government weietj- j \j

ance in having an oil launch placed on Lake H&wea was read and discussed. A majority of the writers favoured the proposal, and several of their suggestions on other matters were very favourably received aaid noted foi future consideration. A lengthy and instructive report from Mr Hardeastle on the '" m&lform " question was read and commented upon ; and it waa unanimously resolved that a ~vote of tihanke he accorded him for this and also for hi 6 practical assistance in supplying papers and magazines of special interest. The thanks of the association were voted to Mr Alexander for his valuable assistance in acting as delegate to the Otago Acclimatisation Society, and fov his endeavours to have the affairs of the local branch^ placed on a more satisfactory footing. It was decided to proceed immediately with the work of thinning out the herd, and a sub-committee was appointed to select capable and trustworthy men for - that purpose. Knowing that a stag's antlers Are cast in September, it was recognised that early action was necessary. The following gentlemen are members of the eub-eommirree:. — Mess'-s M'Gartfev, Cotter, Alexander. Kingan, Kane, Smffch, and Urquhart. At a later meeting applications for employment were dealt with ' by them. As a, ~esult two men have already left for the worst affected, country, and others will be employed as opportxinity offers or when the-y are at librtv to undertake the work. It is hoped that where the ground is comparatively free of bush the heavy snow w il] have forced the deer to lower levels and into a smaller compass. Good work should therefore be done before it becomes necessary to cease operations for > a, time. '