AUCKLAND.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3540, 13 November 1882, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

November 13

A lad, aged 12 years, named Ernest Travers Chalk, was thrown from a horse on Saturday. His foot caught in the stirrup, and the boy was dragged a considerable distance. He died within a few minutes.

A sad drowning case occurred near Queen street wharf on Saturday night. A woman named Lelitia Bryant, while waiting for the arrival of her husband from Riverhead, fell into the water, and Captain Tye, of the Alexandra ferry steamer, jumped after her. The woman after struggling in the water for a minute or two, sank, and it the same time it was noticed that Tye was apparently in a drowning state. The steamer's boat bad now been lowered, and Captain Smith and his mate put off to the assistance of those in the water. The first he reached was Tye, who, when caught, was sinking for the last time, and had already sank some two or three feet under the water when caught hold of. By this time a man named Rose took off his clothing and jumped into the water from off the wharf and swam to where the woman was last seen, and, not being able to see anything of her, he dived under the water, but waß unsuccessful in finding her. He dived again and brought tbe body to the surface. She moved her arms once or twice and expired. While Rose was in tbe water his clothing and £5 or £6 in his pockets were stolen. The bystanders subscribed for a new suit of clothing. It has since transpired that Tye could not swim, and jumped into the water on the impulse of the moment. Mrs Bryant is the wife of a carpenter, and leaves five children.

Mr Bryce, the Native Minister, leaves for Rotorua in a week.

The North Shore regatta concluded yesterday. The Maori war canoe race was a rather shallow affair. The entries were Omapere, Bay ot Islands, 30 men ; Aparangi, » Waikato, 70 men; Te Wheoro's and Tatareika, Waikato, 40 men. The Omapere went off with the lead, and came in an easy winner over a two mile course by 400 yards, which distance separated Aparangi from Tatareika. The first prize was £100, the second £50, and third £25. The Waikatoa protested against tbe Bay of Islands canoe on the ground that it was not a war canoe, and should be disqualified. A war dance wound up the proceedings.