GALE IN GISBORNE.

+ A MAN BLOWN OUT TO SEA IN A SMALL BOAT. ( TWO DAYS WITHOUT WATER. [Per United Press Association.] Q-isborne, September 13. A north-wester blew here with some force at 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning. A native named Ruka Aratapu left Gisborne in a small keel boat 12ft long for a fishing ground in the bay. ■ The gale came on •suddenly, and he was blown out to sea. All Tuesday night he was being blown away from the land, amidst considerable sea. 'On Wednesday morning it broke, and found him out of sight of land. He hoisted the sail, and steered for the direction he thought the land to be, and in the evening the wind and sea went • down, and by 'the constant use of the sculls he again reached the coast at 4 a.m. yesterday, after being two days and nights on the water, and escaping many perils. The man had no food, but raw crayfish, and no water. His escape was marvellous, for his boat was many times nearly capsized.