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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5118, 10 November 1903, Page 5

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mUSS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, November 9. The yacht KiaOra, which was stranded on her first attempt to leave the port, sailed again on Saturday for London via Gisborne and Cape Horn. GISBORNE, November 9. Further particulars regarding the Totkomam fatality are that tho chief steward of the Herald (Abram) and the second engineer agreed to go for a swim shortly before noon on Sunday. The steward was ready first, and) went into the water off tho ladder at the steamer's side, while the engineer was getting ready. The fact that Abram was not making a noise caused someone to look over the side and ho was seen holding his hands above his head, but he quickly sank. Assistance was at once forthcoming, hut nothing further was seen of the poor fellow. NAPIER, November 9. An elderly man named Thos. Alexander. a swagger, was found on Saturday evening lying on tho road about five miles from Patoka. Ho was in a fit. He was taken to the Patoka Station, where he died on Sunday morning. An inquest was hold to-day and a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. It is believed deceased had relatives at Timaru, HOKITIKA, November 9. , A young man named Appleton, employed at a ffaxmill, has been missing since Saturday. It is feared ho attepted to cross the river and was carried to sea. Two young men named R. Moore and T. George (a Maori) wore arrested yesterday on a charge of assault with intent on a married woman. A petition is being circulated 1 urging the Government to pass the now Licensing BUI. DUNEDIN, November 9. Details of the Purakanui fatality show that the party rowed throe miles outside the bay, and in returning got into a tidal rip near the bar, causing the boat to capsize. Begg, sen., who was much tired with his rowing exertions - , sank immediately, and his eldest son lost his life in trying to recover his father. A settler named Stewart rcscu-.i Charles Begg and Llewellyn Wood, who wore in an exhausted state. Begg was o 9 years of age, and his son 21 year;.. A man named Alexander Davis fell off the train for Port Chalmers, between St. Leonard's and Sawyer’s Bay. After somo search his dead body was found and convoyed to Port Chalmers. Nothing is known of deceased beyond the fact of his being a resident of Port Chalmers. Harold James Brittendcn, son of a well-known resident of North-east Valley died from injuries received in a singular manner. He was talking to some friends at Mihawaka, where he was engaged in farming, when some cartridges he was carrying in a trousers pocket exploded, causing a -wound in ono of his thighs. Ho was twenty-three years of ago. INVERCARGILL, November 9. A house owned by John Henderson and tenanted by Harry Crawford was practically destroyed by fire this afternoon. There were insurances of .£IOO each on the house and fumituro in tho New Zealand office.