PARTY MAROONED
ON ISLAND IN WAIKATO. CUT OFF BY STREAMS. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, April 24. To be marooned on a small island at Port Waikato on Sunday night was the unenviable experience of Mr H. Gordon and his family and a party of friends. They were spending Easter in a cottage on the island when the streams, surrounding the island rose rapidly, cutting them off from the mainland. . , Their cries for help were heard by the caretaker of a children’s camp in the vicinity, who, with the assistance of a local Maori, rescued the campers, the Maori bringing the children over a swollen-stream on his back. Ihe adults of the party were assisted over the stream with ropes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 124, 24 April 1935, Page 6
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119PARTY MAROONED Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 124, 24 April 1935, Page 6
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