DAILY NOTES FORM WANGANUI

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 5

DAILY NOTES FORM WANGANUI

!a gallant , act.

.;.,■;.;■; struggle; in. the surf. -C\ : •V , (Dj TclesrapH.-SpecWt'CorrMpoiiacnt.i .' '.-. J '":[■:. ■.';;>■ 'Wangahuij' Dpce'mber 20.... 'A local•• billiard saloon-''was. raided by the' police on Saturday /'nigh't, and • tho; proprietor w,ill in- ..Court .-to, a . charge', of pemiUW;.ill,eg4ypray. ( -onythe: promises. ■'; '. A' : ',gentleniah''!.wtth v 'aJ' large -iii ; .charitable aid work lias expressed, to 'the :local press V&n >. opinion■ that: tlie' recent'.'. cases of abandpniug. phildren• to Sfaoris ishow'the-.ne-, ccssity: for'.'cttantablo.. aid'i.beirig ■ niado' a' .na-' .tional service'instead of a localone. ',"He:says' that,; noti-.piily.: such; cases, but many 'others, should '-lie charged, up ;to 'the districts from' wh,ich:they originally .came/as (under the present; system).• the l task of .making' provision for | thora'iWas ..left '.to-;'the boards in whose, dis-tricts-they were found, and.-'as the boards had i to bo : very careful of.their funds; 1 their natural course of. action:was. tp: try to, escape liability for-, their own.ratepayer^.He •was decidedly of.'opinion, that' this 1 matter'should be a' State affair.-witholocal; administration, 'juetas-. education Cwas. 1 ,.:' '"<" '.: "?■ ■•■'• ..■''•; ■:■■: ';■■' ■ ■■ ■". i •The Motor Boat Club'/bpenedits season on Saturday with' a fourteen-mile race to (Uppkorigaro'•and- back. '. Ten. boats, competed,'.but the ;handicapper. apparently under* estimated 'the ability, of. the".limit, boats, and the "backtnarkers" had{ no: chance, i Comm'o•dore •Palmer's-Gleam was- fifst;:\Mr.' Nichol's '■Ducb ;second,- and. Mr.: Nalder/s TJlama -third. • Several; treacherous 'bits- of deep ■water with a strongs' undertow on the Castlecliff' beach have bean:the ! scones- of several narrow escapes and one or. two .fatalities, ,-but, despite; the warning's to. bathers. r whb. frequently, venture into: them", three; |Vyoung ■ .men—Bail6y, '■■.■■Armstrong;- .and Suisted^gotjinto.' one . particularly., bad- place near' the;breakwater yesterday -afternoon, and were;soon,ih,.trouh.le..>,Suisted.struggled out in an','exhausted .state, -but ;Armstrbng.was' being carried'seaward, when Bailey, who-is a'.power-' ful. swimmer,.,went after him, 'and had- a ,-terrible struggle.in" , the surf.for close on ten' .'minutes'.■■' Other swimmers on.the beach at tho timo : ,were' topS fai - ..-.away'; to render .assistancp,-'but;. at,last,.Bailey, managed to got' Armstrong ashore, .tho latter being'to all appcarances ...drowned.- -Mr..'.Penhall,-custodian' ofitho..Corporation:Baths,'undertook:.the work of , resuscitation, but had. over 'an .'hour's !hnrd work/befprp Armstrong-breathed again. Bailey, dnireaching'shore, fell on'..the'beach: in a state of :cpllapso; but. soon'.!recovered. r - -Steps.are being 'taken '. to, brjng. his , :gallantry .and. also Mr. :PenhaU's work'.under the notice, of the Kpyal Humane , Society.' ';; -■•■■' '■'•■,,': '. ':.'-'■■■•■.