A TRYING EXPERIENCE.
(By Tolegraptii-Bpcoiiil Oorresb'ondont.) , Auckland, July 30. A resident of Waipipi, oil the shores :of tho Manukau; has just come through a!peculiar and somewhat,' trying experience in n patiki. On Thursday of. last week tlio man went out in the;boat, but. as he had little knowledge or navigation he quickly found himself in. difficulties with an unmanageable oraft.. To mako matters worse the weather became bad as the day wore on, and the little vessel and her solitary .occupant drifted at the mercy of .wind .and : tide.' tJntfl yestmlay the'' patild "contintied to bo in a parlous condition,: till,at last Mr. Ritchie happened to bo {kaSSinj*'. in his launch' aliid went to the rescue.; The man waß taken back to Waipipi,! thankful for his cscapc. • ;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 13
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127A TRYING EXPERIENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 13
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