MOTOR-BOATS IN TROUBLE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14902, 16 February 1914, Page 6

MOTOR-BOATS IN TROUBLE.

The services of the lifeboat brigftdif, were again requisitioned later on the daj'j this time to go to the heifl 'd%. a motor-boat apparently in danger ,«*« the bar.. The boat, which waa the sp«*J!: launch, Active, belonging to , «••?£ Brighton, was ai 5.15 p.m. seen oath* r bar, and she seemed to be in difircuJKJ, ties. In order to ascertain what "WiWjt. wrong'the lifeboat *row went out, on. reaching the Active found tb*?;;nothing •serioue was amiss. It that the boat had a fairly rough over the bar when going out, aadlwS'y crew did not like the prospect of "*& perilous return. They were whether to make for Lytteltonor »t£v wait for a favourable chance to -«qb*.£ back over the bar. Their positsoa'w*;/ explained to the lifeboat was arranged that tho latter snottMij" return aud that tho pilot should the signal when the launch could crosfr'Jin eafety. After a wait of about fi**; teen minutes a favourable presented itself, the signal was and the Active came into the bxooou||waters of the Estuary again inthonfi.^ , mishap. ' V2S*'' Still another boat remained to\bf?.f, attended . to. This was the ivonini, which had previously gouej to the assistance oi the Active. ¥*&**.'! iug tiie bar too uncertain a. propositi* to cross again in the estate it then **%■*. the crew of the Konini gave up •*»£' idea of getting back agaui at vi» H time, and they made for the Bo»t JWJi," bour at Bell's baths, at the far eudeltT the Sumner Bay, and there anchoreli: