THE PAROA POND.

Grey River Argus, 3 December 1928, Page 4

THE PAROA POND.

SOAKS THE BRUNNER CRICKETERS. The residents of Greymouth are exceedingly fortunate in having at their disposal an up to date Municipal Baths, and the alluring sea. when inclined to take a dip. Brunner, however. is not so blessed, and it comes as no great surprise to find that six residents of that village regard an inviting pond as an enticing place in which to take a hurried dip. Evidence of this was given in practical form last evening, when a party of Brunner cricketers, returning from Kumara. sought excusable means for splashing about in a pond lying threequarters of a mile past the Paroa H 4 tel. Keen to enjoy a dip. and not bring po-sessed of swimming costumes at the time, necessitated a scheme being brought into play which would dispel any possible suggestion of passers-by that the swimming enthusiasts were overdoing it. They therefore sent “Lizzie” over to meet a powerful Hu.lson, driven by Mr Gordon McKay nf Greymoiith. who had with him Mr Keith Kent, of the Dispatch Foundry, and connected up with the Hudson’s running board, which dealt 41 Lizzie” n rebuff which sent her across the road to finish with a complete somersault

into the pond. The half-dozen wielders of the wib low took pretty headers into the water, but it may have been that the temperature was not to their liking, for they stayed but a short while aud must have .regretted getting their flannels being soaked by such a deceiving pond. Joseph Harper, the driver of “Lizzie.” must have dived too deeply, for he was rendered unconscious, and together with two of his fellow paseen gers. Kennedy and Rothery, was taken to the hospital for attention, where it was found practicable to discharge him and his comrades later in the evening. “Lizzie” evidently had decided to partake of a really thorough bath, for when last seen she was still enjoying herself in the pond, lying on her hood, with her toes peeping above the water. The Hudson was not damaged to any great extent, but “Lizzie” may find it necessary to renew her acquaintance with the garage before recovering from her “header” into Paroa pond.