ROWER’S FORTITUDE.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20118, 13 February 1937, Page 9

ROWER’S FORTITUDE.

A PERILOUS JOURNEY. TlllP iN SMALL DiNGIIY. (Special to Times). _ TAURANGA, Friday. When a launch party, including Mr Percy Stone, of \Vath. and six others. made their way from Tanner‘s Point to Tauranga recently, the petrol gave out about a mile from The Mount. which marks the entrance to Tauranga Harbour. The anchor was dropped and Mr Stone. with a petrol tin, lowered himself into a corkle—sheit dinghy shout. six feet six inches in length and prepared to row across the waters to The Mount, where he hoped to replenish his supply or petrol. \\'ith a westerly wind blowing the task was facilitated to a large degree alihough an outgoing tide was running, The rower was lost to view as he neared the rocky shore of The‘ Mountl ‘ in the meantime the westerly wind had risen to mile force and the launch commenced in toss and pitch uncomfortahly and the om‘upants became anxious courorninx Mr Stone‘s safety. However. in a few hours the dinghy and its solitary nrrltpmii were seen nmuntml nu the [up of a whiimnnp—pml “ave mm the ”Mt hair-hour was run un\inus lwi'imi for the \ani‘llr-rn (ruin the Iniuu-h. The fruit liltlo craft. rOSO and it‘ll \\ilh iin‘ \\'.l\‘n~<, lhr‘ [ml-sum" lutlilinu‘ :Imlinsl :I‘i‘ui mills, nml it was :I .L'l't-zli l‘ulivi‘ in!" tho [uul'iy “in-n .\ll' <luul~ sil'mwl :Ilm.mi lhr~ luunvh “ith his iu-lrul tin in his humti .\il‘ Stone said the most :miunus “Win “.15 innnx'hinz the lmat :II The ,\lnuui. Murv Ihzm uni-n ho thought it “wild iw dashed in pit-mu ilflttill<i tho rm-lxs. lmt thv Inulvrtukim: pl'mml “Mun; nm‘t‘ in» huii lln‘ hunt in ”I“ \\.lit‘i‘.