TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9647, 23 January 1903, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

The Tyser steamer N'iwaru ships the following cargo at this port : Frozen meat ; equivalent to 16.500 carcases of mutton, 1500 bales of wool, 213 w isles of casings and tallow. The steamier leaves for Wellington to-morrow night. A photographer wa.s plying his trade > up the Watigan.ui river the other d<iy when, desiring a con versa .Lion with a certain Maori, he addressed him much m the same fashion as it is customary to talk to a Chiimman. The Maori, looking down contemptuously on the talker of an unknown language, said: — "You can't talk Maori, but I can talk English." To-night the City Band commence . practising the lest selections m the Theatre Royal, which lias been engaged for the purpose. The bandsmen leave for , Masterlon on Sunday week. Februaiy Ist. ' On that date it is intended to hold a church parade. With what is m hand and contributions expected, the total amount of .subscriptions will soon reach £100. The latest victim of the confidence man at Sydney is a young missionary from Scotland: He came out by the steamer Afric a few days ago, and on the run up from Melbourne made the acquaintance of two young, and apparently respectable. ' men who had just come on board. They learned that he- was bound for Brisbane, '' and then suddenly discovered that the northern capital was also their destina- ' tion. The three became firm friends, and on the arrival of the Afric at Sydney, they did the rounds of the city together. Subsequently one of the men said that he had to call at a certain hotel to see about his luggage, and while he went m, the other two waited outside. In a few minutes lie came, out, flourishing what appeared to be a £10 note, and asked if either of the men could change it. With great confidence, the young man from Scotland handed him ten sovereigns, but without giving him the note m exchange, the man returned to the hotel, and was never seen again, having, no doubt, taken his departure by a back door. After he had been ] absent some time, the other man suggested that the missionary should tjo and see the cause of his detention. He did so, and upon his return, the other man had also disappeared. ' The fearful risks that bathers take m swimming m. the miters of the Sydney i harbor, even m the uppermost reaches, wa.s illustrated m a shocking manner on Saturday \veek. Stanley J'imes. 20 years of age, while baithing m tlie Lane Cove ; River, was seized by a shark, which, after a- desperate struggle, snapped off his leftleg several inches above the knee. Although rescued shortly after the tragic occurrence, the young man succumbed a few hours subsequently, despite all therestoratives and n,ids that medical aid j could devise. A desperate struggle took ; place between the man and the monster. With its brute instinct the shark tugged at its victim to take him into deep water awl devour him. With all the strenirth of despair born of the love of life, the young man. swain desperately for the shore. First the man. triumphed, then the monster. • Young James had almost succeeded m his purpose, when the shark ■ quitted its hold. Tt wa.s only for $\ fresh attack. A sudden swirl m the water, a i snap of the powerful jaws, and tlic monster was away down the blood-stained stream with the youth's limb. Wlhmi James was first attacked he cried loudly for help, and succeeded m attracting the attention of Mr March, of Balmnin, and a few Indies who were m a skiff about 40vds away. As the party rowed to him they were urged to greater effort by x the young fellow's piteous cries : "Quick,* quick, for God's sake. A shark h-,is me." The^ ladies shrieked and almost fainted. They were witnesses of a tragedy that might have, caused strong men to blanch.