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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 21 June 1924, Page 8

Sixteen Wanganui stevedores who were working on the ttinnitaka in the roadstead, and who, on account of the heavy seas running, could not return to land, were taken to Lyttelton, the next port of call. A message from Taihape states that John (iilland, roadman, single, about ;S0 years of age, is missing at Moawhanoo, near Taihape, and is believed to have been drowned in the Moawhango River, which is in high flood. Search parties are engaged, but so far without success. His father and a brother arc believed to reside at Ashburton, and a. brother at Kawakawa. A party of three local sportsmen have just returned for a seven days’ trip to Central Otago, where they went quail shooting. They found these birds very plentiful, and brought homo 20 0 rf them. The ( ,uail were in excellent condition, and provided the best of sport.