News in Brief

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20281, 16 April 1934, Page 6

News in Brief

Access to Rivers. The importance of protecting in the interests of anglers the watersheds \shich form the source of streams and rivers is referred to in the annual report of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. “ The future of important fishing rivers and streams running through country which has been acquired by afforestation companies is causing the council grave concern,” states the report. *‘ In many cases these companies have acquired land to the water's edge, with the result that anglers are debarred from fishing in these areas. The Waikato, from Lake Taupo to Arapuni, is one of the finest angling waters in the North Island, as it is the best stocked river in the province, and it is this particular river and its tributaries which are in grave danger of being lost to our fishermen Around the World. Towards the end of this year or at the beginning of 1935 a large auxiliary schooner, the Seth Parker, may be expected to call at at least one New Zealand port during the course of a world tour. The ship sailed recently from New York, carrying Mr Phillips Lord, a lieutenant of the United States Naval Reserve, and widely known by American radio audiences as Seth Parker. During the cruise, which is expected to occupy about a year and a half, Mr Lord will continue to broadcast each week. In addition, he has motionpicUire equipment and personnel for filming thirteen short subjects and two featurelength pictures; he also plans to gather material lor a series of short stories which are £0 be published during and after his voyage. The ship is proceeding from New Yoik, via Trinidad and South America to Cape Town, and then up the coast of Africa to Zanzibar and across to India and the Malay PeninstU'a. Calls will be made in the Dutch East Indies, and from there the Seth Parker will come on to Australia and New Zealand, before sailing on the last leg of the long voyage across the Pacific to Hawaii, Panama, and finally to New York.