FISHING MISHAP AT AUCKLAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 11 April 1934, Page 3

FISHING MISHAP AT AUCKLAND

WELL KNOWN MAX DRHVXKD ! (By Telegraph—Press Association) ' AUCKLAND, 9th Aplii. A drowning acridon! .irrunod at Buckla: I s beach. the v'clkn being Edward Ctlenlivet Eliott, aged 58, a well-known resident of the district, and formerly pmininei.t m the conimereiai life of Auckland. He was fishing from ;i dinghy in the Tatnaki river when he fell out of the l>o;tt He was unconscious: when he was biought to shore a ltd Ins death ot carred within a few minutes .Mr Eliott's calls for heln were heard by a few persons on the beach, and efforts wore instantly made to rescue, him. IV. men went out to him in another boat. A strong current made their progress difficult, but in five or six minuter, they reached him. Mi' Eliott was not a strong swimmer, and lie had not been able to struggle back to bis boat, which was upright. He i

was in a state of collapse and was sinking for the last time when his rescuers pulled him into their boat There was no information about wb-it caused him to fall from the boat. It is possible that the sudden rocking of the dinghy caused him to over-balance. Born in Auckland. Air Eliott was a member of the sharebrokinst firm >.f Eliott and Walled. Previously be bad been connected with the firm of Francis Hull and Company lie bad practically retired from the sharebroking business in 1921. and a year later be disposed of bis seat on tile Auckland Stock Exchange to Mr 11. M. M;c dr.nnid Tie bad been a member of the exenange fur some years, and at one stage be served on the committee. He formerly was a member of the Auckland. Club and the Auckland Racing Club He was always keenly interested in sport, and in ins younger da vs be bunted and ; laved polo and golf