LAND AND WATER

Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 71

LAND AND WATER

i DUNEDIN COURSING CLUB. A meeting of the committee of the Duncdin Coursing Club was held at the office of the secretary on Thursday night, a fair number of members being present. Mr . Carter (the president) occupied the chair. Ilt was decided not to hold a Waterloo Cup meeting during the winter show week

as was intended, but to run instead a grand challenge stake, open to all comers; degs beaten in the first and second rounds i of the stake to be eligible to run in a I supplementary stake without further payI ment. The secretary was instructed to apply to the New Zealand Coursing Association for the 16th and 19th August as dates. ASHBURTON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society records a slight reduction in the number of fishing licenses taken out, owing to the unfavourable season, and the balance in hand has been reduced from £B3 5s 6d to £72 Bs. The Rakaia and Rangitata have furnished some very heavy bage, both in the early part of the season and during February. The Ashburton has yielded very few large fish, but a few were taken early. Owing to the dry weather experienced the river has been too low, and since Christmas only fly fishing has been successful. Owing to the numbers of small fish no fry was turned out during the season. It has been suggested that rainbow trout should be liberated in. Lake Camp and Lake Clearwater. It is doubtful if the rainbow trout put into Lake Heron' have succeeded. The camps at Rakaia, Hakatere, and Rangitata are in good order, several improvements having been made during the year. Several new huts have been erected, and the charge of 5s per hut has been cheerfully met. The Minister reduced the number of deer-stalking licenses to three. Applications for three licenses came frcim Australia, but too late to be granted. During the year £33 3s 6d was spent in th)3 destruction of shags. Poaching still goes on, and will continue until anglers give information to Mr Shury (the secretary), who would prosecute at once.

BILLIAE- J. BILLIARD AATCH. MELBOURNE, May 10. Lindrum, playing against Williams, made breaks of 800 and 641 (unfinished), mostly losing hazards. LINDRUM'S PERFORMANCE. SYDNEY, May 11. Lindrum carried his unfinished break of 641 to 821, which is 15 below Gray's Australian record. A LADY CHAMPION". LONDON, May 12. Miss Ruby Roberts, billiardist, made her debut in London, when she beat Madame Swebber by 195 points in 400. Miss Roberts made a break of 61.