ACCLIMATISATION AT WAIMATE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14209, 25 May 1910, Page 6

ACCLIMATISATION AT WAIMATE.

So th» Editor of the 'Timaru Herald.' Sir, —I am pleased to see that Mr 3f. T. B. Walker lias taken up tlie cudgals on behalf of the Acclimatisation •ociety, as it gives one a. further opportunity of proving the uselessness of that body. He says that tfie Society engaged two reliable rangers to protect its interests, and that a constable was also on the watch, and that np fomploints were made. This is just what I complain of. Complaints ■hould hare been made, and many of item, but the reliable rangers apparItntly kept out of the danger zone. I repeat my statement that I saw four •sen ehoot pakaki, asad that I have given Mr "Walker the surname of one «f them,' and this should be a sufficient clue. One of the others refused to jive me his name, and the other two X did "not accost. I told Mr Walker Ifeat if the Society would prosecute, 2 would appear as a witness, though M the same time I strongly objected private individuals having to do the Society's dirty work. Mr "Walker says that two additional conStables immediately visited the lake. I may inform Mrj "Walker that Mr Paul fitudhplme rang up Constable Quinn at

■.bout 9 a.m., and requested him to go j 4own at once, offering, at the same ■ ISsoe, to show him where the shooting i Was taking place, and to point out men. .sThe constables were -unable ; So leave town until about 1 p.m., and ■U. the shooting was over long beiore tay reached the lake. This is Mr aJkfir's " immediately." It is quite oOßG£bla that the Society engaged am Additional ranger to stop the netting it tropt in the "Waihao. The mere not of a ranger being located 011 the nrer would probably be sufficient for -purpose. As regards the selli»K fA trout on the Studholme platform, I fcaro it from a gentleman, whose word I Ban rely on, that trout were offered kill, and I hare heard from others ®iat they have had the same experience. * ■ I must confess that I was unaware that the Society lad done so Pmch in" the interests of sport aa Mr 9. T. B. "Walker claims. It is pos•ble that 100,000 trout hare been placed in the rivers during the last few- years, but what is the use of liberating 100,000 trout if the Society does not protect them? I am also pleased to hear that large numbers of feathered game have been liberated in this district during his term of office. If .Mr F. T. B. Walker can give tie details of the large number of mallard, ; quail and pheasants, that have %een turned out in this dostrict (except in the wire entanglement at Knottingly Park) during the Sast three Tfara, it yill remove a dorjbt in my Blind as to the correctness of his state■ient,—l am, etc., E. C. STUDCHOLME.