LOST IN THE BUSH

Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3181, 24 May 1932, Page 5

LOST IN THE BUSH

FATHER AND SON OUT ALL NIGHT.

(By Telegraph. Press Association.) OTOROHANGA, Monday.

Two members of a game-shooting partyj Mr W. E. Nicholson and his son, aged 15, of Hamilton, had an unenviable experience on Sunday, when they were lost in heavy bush-clad country in the Waimahoia Valley, Otewa, several miles south-east of Otorohanga. The party consisted of Mr Nicholson and his son and Mr Eric Innes-Jones and his two sons, of Hamilton. About five o'clock yesterday Mr Nicholson and his son separated from the rest of the party with a view to retracing their way to their car and avoiding recrossing the Waipa River. However, they lost their way in heavy country. Mr Innes-Jones and his sons reached the car and waited until after dark, but as there was no appearance of the others Mr Innes-Jones came 1o the conclusion that Mr Nicholson and his son were bushed. The assistance of Mr Albert Too, a well-known Maori,) was obtained and Mr Innes-Jones and Mr Toa went back over the country, firing shots from prominent points. No reply or signal was heard or seen and after 10 o'clock the party gave up the search. They communicated with the police at Otorohanga who organised a search party of experienced bushmen.

However, before the search party left this morning Mr Nicholson telephoned the police at Otorohanga. He and his son had found their way out after a night in the bush. Heavy rain fell at night and Mr Nicholson and his son were in an exhausted condition. They were hospitably treated by Mr Toa and are speedily recovering.