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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12285, 6 April 1918, Page 6

Mr W. Morse, Flcmington, has recced advice that fils son, Rifleman C. J. rte-'io, lys been admitted to hospital in I'ranco severely gassed. Rifleman Morse left with the first battalion 0 Ihe Aew Zealand Rifle Brigade, in •m and loft Egypt with the Mam Body for France. ' ' 1 of Springfield, in a lettei to Mr \\. H. Tisdall, of Christchurch gives particulars of a recent trip to Laite Pearson. On tho first day ivoinae rt “ vl- 1 n Ur rods . secured U fish, ucigh.iig ]_’,ji|ib; on the second day « fish weighing ,2i-lb; on the third day 13 fisln weighing; 1051b; on the fourth day , i.sb weigmng hIH, ; on the fifth day (which was very windy) 2 fish, and on Hm sixt,i day 4 hsii, weighing 331b. I lie total lor the six days was 39 rainbow trout, two of which weighed ISR each and nine mackinaw trout of which the largest weighed 71ib. The average weight oi the fish was a little over S)b. There appealed to be many eels about', states Mr Gillelt, and they must lia.vo eaten thousands of trout fry. He believed the eels could be exterminated by mooring carcases of sheep poisoned with strychnine, Mr Gillett suggests that if the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society were to build a but at Lake | Pearson, ami have a boat there, it i would be (be best fishing lake in the South Island, as it is only eight miles from Cass staiion and anglers would be well satisfied with the fishing.