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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 7 March 1912, Page 2

Further particulars are to hand concerning tae accident at Tc lArolia. on .Momlav, through which the Auckland lio;-aennui Murk Ityan was rather badly injured. He was eng&ged in exercihiug Ihe gelding Sir Walter on the To Arohu (..iiir-e. which was very greasy, when the horse slipped ami fell, rolling for a.bout in iv yards, his -rider being underneath. IMi being innlimlly r-:-.niined, it was i.utiic" lii.it rlyuii iud :!iree ribs broken, anil his arm and shoulder badly bruised, h.i> ins a lucky escape from much severer injuries. The iforce of* the fall cjm b-.i b"'-i imagined win n it is stated that t 1 :.- watch and ciiain whk-h Ryan v.-as weiring at th" lime wrro smashed to pirees. In at]< lit'on. the injured horseman l"-"t some C> o'.it ol his pocket when the horse feH. Amongst the pasengers by the Tnlune from the Islands to-day was the ('orate de ilrurieu, of Paris, who has been visiti'vj Tiihiti and intiencls to spend a fort)'.lit oT so in N"f»- Zealand. The I'omte, nlm is a member of the Geographical e-0.-iely of Paris, vesitrd Auckland some six years ago. itnr! this time his errand i- to secure, if pos.-tible the retention or ■ '■-•tornt ion of French place-names given originally by the many French explorers w ho ennie to Australasia, iu the footsteps «>i t'ook. With tliis object he lias recenti. -ii.nl nearly a year in Australia, iiiciting with a good deal of success in In elforts, and while in this country he v, id endeavour to see the Minister for i.j"- 1 - and the Hon. Robert McNaft, who i ;i recognised authority on the early h'.-tory of New Zealand. Speaking to a reporter, the Comtc said that he 'nl always 'been interested in Now Zealand and was glad to notice the proercs- tli.it Auckland had made since his firmer visit. He mentioned that he much wished to see tbe spot, in the Bay n' Islands, -where the explorer Marion du i'resiie was killed in the closing years of the eighteenth, century, and if possible to have some memorial erected to mark the place. If time allowed he would -visit the north, but he had to leave shortly in continuation of his tour, which included part of the East Indies, Japan, and the Pacific coast of North America, where lie hoped to find further traces of his count Tgrneati exyloratioiis.