AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1038, 10 June 1924, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CAB, PLUNGES INTO RIVER. GALLANT RESCUES. BRISBANE, May 26. A tragedy nearly occurred at Coomera Ferry, on Friday. The stationmaster at Tingoora, Mr Gordon Bell, while travelling 'to Southport with Ins family, stopped his. motor-car on the top of the hill overlooking the ferry, and left the vehicle. Someone accidentally stood on the self-starter. The car, which apparently was not declutched, ran down the hill, dashed on to the ferry, and after crashing through the outside end it plunged into the water. The car floated for a few seconds,, and a man named Whally, who was in a boat, rowed to the vehicle and tore off the hood. Mrs Bell was thus able to crawl out, and Mr/Bell rescued two of his children. The baby, aged 18 months, was then seen under the end of the ferry punt. Whally dived in and rescued the child, which is not considered to be in a serious condition. The other occupant suffered from shock, but were otherwise uninjured.

FELL OVERBOARD. RESCUE IN MID-OCEAN. SYDNEY, May 27. According to cabled advice received in Sydney by his relatives, T. Adrian, who is accompanying Andrew Charlton to tho Olympic Games as trainer, fell overboard from tho. Orient, liner Ormonde while travelling between Freemantle and Colombo. It was stated that Adrian was rescued with difficulty, but was unharmed by his experience. Tho Ormonde, by which nearly all the Australian Olympic* Games team travelled, left Sydney for London on April 30, and arrived at Colombo on May 21. Adrian's journey to England with the Olympic Games team has caused him much anxiety and tribulation. When the team was picked, lie was not included, but, within two weeks of the team's sailing, a special fund was raised to finance his trip, so that he could accompany Charlton as trainer. However, two days before the Ormonde was due to leave Sydney, Adrian became ill, and it was thought that he would net be able to leave after all. The Ormonde left Sydney without him, but he •recovered sufficiently to join the ship at Melbourne.