ANGLERS' SOCIETY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13312, 14 June 1907, Page 3

ANGLERS' SOCIETY.

A n-eeting of South Cant a bury anglers .vas held at"the Grosveiior Hoi el last evening .when there were thiitcen pres.nt. Mr £. i\ V. Sealv was voted to the chair, .aid explained "tlio übj.-ix of Liu- society •.vhich a mating held last w. ek decid.-d to :crm. He also read Ik; lulea of a uarilar <oeiery existing in Soi:th in 1896.' Mr Tasker-thought the proposal an ex- . til eat one, but be did r.ul think the-meet-ing a representative.r<ne. , / Mr W. Buckingham, while agreeing with the proposal 'as a good one. thought it would be better to appoint- a committee to decide upon rules, etc. and report to a, general meeting. • Messrs Tasker, King, Sealy, Shrimpton, Oullmann, Ha.ssall, Beckingham, P. G. Allan and L. James were appointed a subcommittee as proposed bv Mr Beckingham. with power to add to their number. Mr S. Shrimpton was appointed secretary and treasurer pro te-m, rnd it was decided to make th a annual subscription 2s 6d per annum. Twelve of those present paid their subscriptions at once. The chainnan said a suggestion had been made that in order to uicourage flv-fishing i.s against worm-lisiiinsr. a competition for first or second year fishes be held. ''lihe Society'might be aljle to help the Acclimatisation Society in their endeavour to have stripping carried out oh alternate rears onlv. '*.-•.. Mr Tasker agreed with the char,man that the stripping process of fish in the Onihi river had resulted in a sen-city of fish in that river and its tribv.tariess. He thought (he Government should return *ome fiy in exchange for the. millions of ova they received. On?- result of the -careityfnf fisli in the Ooihi \ra-' thnt tourists left the. district with th? idea that the rivM- was over-e-limat-d .as a, fishing river, and this had a bad'effect- on the district's reputation. - . . The meeting agreed that nothing comd be clone to stop "trippinp- altogether, lr't the anglers might join with the Acclimatisation Society "in fretting stocks of fry. Th=> sub-rommttee decided to meet on Tuesday next. __™_™_„