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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 585, 24 November 1871, Page 2

A Whole Family Fall into a Wjell.— An extraordinary accident, which we , are happy to say has not been attended by fatal results, occurred at Hunter's Hill on Wednesday. From what we can gather, it would appear that a family of the name of Wedono, resides in close proximity to a well, the covering of which had b'eenfor some time out of repair. One of tho children waa ; playing about the well, when by some means or other, she :fell hnadloiig dojvn it, and an elder sister, who was standing by, endeavoured to rescue her, but lost her balance and shared the same fate as her ' Bister. ,The :mother, an Irishwoman, in her, eagerness to recover,her drowning children, was leaning over the edge of the well, Avhen-the.surface ground gave way, and she wav precipitated into the water. Wedono, a Frenchman, who had just heard the screams of his wife, and had come to the well at' the"1 moment of her fall nig in> .endeavoured'to catch his wife, but only added to the misfortune by falling down himself. The father, however, supported the children and his wife above tlio water until assistance was rendered, and they were biio by one released from their uncomfortable position. Beyond a, good soaking, not the slightest injury was received by one of the family.— Dubbo Times. Intuhnational Riddle by Macaulay's New Zealandku. —A tier, taking .onja Maori stronghold, why had the frdops no difficulty iu f qapturing the, r.emaiuderF— Because, cc n'esl que le premier Pah gui coiite. ~' ,", '