TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

In the case of Newlon v. Little, winch was takvn at the Magistrate's Court to-day, judgment was given for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, £50. with costs £5 14s. A smart rescue was effected on the voyage of the Japanese mail steamer Xikko Maru, from Japan and Hong Kong to Sydney. When the steamer Avas racing along between Manila and Thursday Island the cry of "Man overboard" was raised One of tho crew., a Japanese, by some means or other had slipped overboard. Captain Yagi auted promptly, and swinging the ship round, picked up the untorttinatd sailor none the worse for his experience. The waters where the accident happened are infested with sharks, and the prompt action oi Captain Yagi doubtless saved the sailor from a horrible death. ■ About 3 p.m. to-day an alarm of fire was sounded from the Victoria belfry and smoke was soon observable rising from the direction of Mrs Sheen's boarding.house, "Waimarie," on th« Kaiti esplanade. It was at first feared that the house itself was ablaze, but fortunately such proved not to be the case. The outbreak was in the wash-house ax the real', and was caused through a spark getting on some articles of clothing. The fire at no time assumed a serious aspect, and was very speedily extinguished 011. the arrival of the brigade. Beyond the loss of a few clothes, practically no damage was done. The plight of the residents on the Matokitoki road, Whataupoko, formed the subject of discussion at 1 the Cook County Council meeting to-day. Cr F. J. Lysnar pointed out that although the people were only 3^ miles from the borough boundary, their road was impassable in winter, and they were unable to send their children to school.- The chairman explained that the road was partly in the Tailuheru Road Board district, and partly in the Waimata Road Board district. The latter body Avas prepared to do something, but the former ware not. The 'Waimata Board was going to merge into the county, and when this was done they could approach the Taruherui Board with a view to having something done. It appears that some years ago the settlers raised a loan of £500, but the road was formed down through swampy land, and has since been destroyed.