THE MAYOR GOT A LOT OF FISH.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 64, 17 March 1931, Page 1

THE MAYOR GOT A LOT OF FISH.

HOW TO CATCH THEM WHEN THEY WON’T BITE.

The camera can’t lie. Therefore this fishing story will have to do with nothing but the facts.

The Mayor, who is a most ardent fisherman, went recently to Brooklands, taking with him a herring line. Now, Mr Archer knows all about fish and fishing. And he knows, as. the narrative shows, just how to get big catches. He didn’t expect, with his herring line, to catch any quinnat salmon. If he did ever permit his fancy to wander to the possibility of catching flounder, he didn’t catch any—at least not on his herring line. The official communique is even silent as to whether he caught any herrings. But anyhow, he came back to Christchurch with a first-class catch of fish. To be a successful fisherman you must know two things—where to go for your fish and how to get them when you get there. Mr Archer knows both. Our imaginative reporter, who interviewed Mr Archer without bothering to see him, has supplied the following veracious account of what occurred. He has supported his narrative with two photographs—and the camera can’t lie.

Picture No. 1 tells an easily intelligible story. There you have Mr Archer, a fishing line, and water. A prima facie case appears to have been made out in support of the imaginative reporter’s first contentiQn that . the Mayor was fishing.

Picture No. 2 calls for a little more elucidation. You are entitled to put WfSrtnand note taken"by the imaginative reporter who wasn’t there gives the following account: ‘The Mayor (to man in charge of boat): What have you there ? Man in charge of boat: Fish. The Mayor: What do you do with them ? M.1.C.0.8.: Sell ’em. The Mayor: What do you get for them? M.1.C.0.8.: I get the market value. The Mayor: How much do you want for them ? M.1.C.0.8.: I’ll take (amount suppressed in the interests of the retail trade). The Mayor: I’ll take the lot. There, then, is the report, without any comment on our part. You may make what you like of it. Anyway, the Mayor came back with a lot of fish.