NOTED SPORTSMAN

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1932, Page 11

NOTED SPORTSMAN

ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH VISITORS. — ... DEEP-SEA FISHING. ' Auckland, Dee. 21! Among the passengers on the Rangi- ‘,sa tata was a', number of z Englishsportsmen, who have" com* out fox, the fishifig season. • ■■ A prominent figure in deep-sea sport is Mr. White Wickham, whohas missed ' only three seasons since his first visit ta • ’ 192 L Sir. Phillip Lee Brocklehurst, " whoW accompanied by Lady . BrocklehursV -i* - also keen to try his'hand among our big fish. . Sir Phillip, who has visited the Dominion before, was a member .of the British Antarctic Expedition in th* Nimrod, under Shackleton in 1907. An enthusiastic " angler ' making mi- - ' other trip is Mr. Mathespn, whose h'obipy is fly fishing. - He’has taken,- aWay trout from New Zealand streams, and is '-,» noted angler in England. •'' - , . - Captain J. Haggas, retired .officer of the 15th Hussars, has' come out for shtxjv- J .. ing and fishing, and is intent on deer stalking in the South'lsland. ' j Lieut.-Commander C. Branson, who Naval Squadron as a gunnery officer on formerly served with the New Zealand the Diomede, and retired from , the service in 1929, is making a Holiday tripto the Dominion. He has planned tospend' f. £ some time trout fishing in the Taupo district Major Kerr Smiley is making his sec-, '-fi ond visit to New Zealand. On his . holiday last year he purchased the two-year-bld Persian, which later went to Mr. 'J. T. Jamieson’s stable in Sydney, and ha* raced with success this season. Major Kerr Smiley was for 13 years a member of the House .of Commons, and hi* nephew is Sir Hugh” Kerr Taylor, Bart. * A fishing holiday, is the main purDOM, «£ ■ his visit, ' ■ ; ' ' .. --- Ji