ANGLING

Southland Times, Issue 22133, 29 September 1933, Page 4

ANGLING

GORE DISTRICT SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Gore D.'strict Angling Society was held in the Gaiety Hall last evening when Mr W. McKenize presided over a good attendance of members. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £2 10/8, the year having commenced with a credit of £4 8/3. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet the president said that the past season had been fairly satisfactory. The society’s year had been a good one and the financial position was very satisfactory in view of the fact that subscriptions had been reduced from 5/- to 2/6. One matter of importance for members of the society was that they should concentrate on securing better representation on_ the council of the Acclimatization Society. With the number of anglers in the district it should be possible to elect about half of the council from the Eastern District. The president thanked the members of the executive for their cooperation and hoped that similar assistance would be forthcoming for the new president. Office-bearers were elected as follows:—Patrons, Messrs D. McDougall, M.P., A. T. Newman and E. A. Pigeon; president, Mr W. F. de Roo; vice-presi-dents, Messrs W. McKenzie, John Ray, O. J. Howells, D. Graham and J. Hoffman; secretary, Mr H. B. Clifford; committee, Messrs A. Walsh, J. Ferris, R. N. Savidge, A. Sutherland, A. E. Boult, F. Hoffman, A. Ferguson, M. Sexton, D. Lathan, G. Strang, and C. J. McCaughan; auditor, Mr T. H. Preece.

Mr Sexton moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mr McKenzie for his work as president during the past two years and for the assistance he had given anglers during the season in conveying them to the streams to enable them to compete in the various competitions. The motion was carried with applause. A vote of thanks was also passed to the secretary. A letter was received from the Southland Acclimatization Society forwarding a donation of £1 1/- and expressing the hope that a successful season would be experienced. The donation was received with thanks. Mr de Roo suggested alterations to the method of conducting competitions. He proposed that the stream selected should be flagged off into short stretches of, say, 200 yards, and that the time during which fishing was permitted should be limited to about four hours. The water should be drawn for as usual and a gun should be fired at the commencing and concluding time. This would overcome the suggestions which were sometimes made that competitors weighed in more than one bag. The suggestion received a good deal of support and a motion recommending its adoption was carried. At the conclusion of the meeting the annual social was held, a pleasant evening being spent by the anglers in typical fashion. A number of toasts were honoured and the society received congratulations from visitors.