ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1929, Page 11

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY

PBOGBESS OF HATCHEBY SCHEME. At the monthly meeting of the council} of the Taranaki Acclimatisation last ni.r-ht Mr. W. R. Johns was in the chair, others present being Messrs. Wilson, N. Fookes, T. Simons, N., S/j| James, and Dr. Adamson. • The contractors for the, work of exca-.?w vating the race for the hatchery wrote, stating that they had encountered; difficulties in the shape of boulders, which 4 had seriously delayed their work,' and }; they asked the society to consider art ad-Lg dition to the contract price. . . The chairman and others reported; thatW this trouble was quite unexpected.' It--, was decided to instruct the. contractors. - that they would favourably consider’the request at the completion of the work, ;; It was resolved to make a progress pay'r'-'-S ment of £lO on the work that had been.. done. Mr. W. N. Stephenson, in submitting; the specifications and plans for the custo<gj? dian’s residence and the hatchery, re- ~■ ported that he had conferred with the •*; custodian regarding further matters in. £ connection with the filter channel. The plans were discussed by the committee,and several recommendations for addi-Sgj tional items were made. It was decidedi-fn that tenders for the work be called-t close on November 23, and be considered As at a general meeting on November’2s. Relative to the application^regarding.>2 the taking of dogs and „ firearms into;-;-) sanctuaries under the Animals tion and Game Act, the Department of L Internal' Affairs advised that the post- . tion was governed by section 0 (2) of . the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, and applied to owners and occupiers of the area constituted a sane-vg tuary equally as much as to other pert sons. The department had taken the attitude that the constitution of private .; property on sanctuaries under the Act..;}' was not desirable owing to the restric- g; tions contained in Section 6 of the Act, and where such had been explained to i; persons desiring the constitution of l pri- =<t vate sanctuaries, the position had usually been made by excepting the areas coneerned from the operation of the open season for game in the acclimatisation Ag district in which the properties werej|| situated. The secretary intimated tiiat he had found a copy of the letter to he had forwarded a copy of the letter 5} to the persons interested. z '4 The New Plymouth Borough Council : • advised that the society would be given 4: an opportunity of placing its views on. the matter of the provision of a fish pass ; 4 over the weir at the Waiwakaiho bridge before the forthcoming conference.' _ g? The Acclimatisation Societies’ Associa-W tion of New Zealand forwarded a number of recommendations to be placed the Minister of Marine, • -