NUDE MAN ON ISLAND.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 7

NUDE MAN ON ISLAND.

EJ^QBI , TO SAVE ffiSl,

(By Sisleitakph.-fttse AsEp-ciatiSh.)i Taiiranga, March 17,

An unknown wnii leas seen abottt tho bench at Mpttut Slitutiguimj dttring the lost few days. Ho was'oteei'Ved to strip and go for-a teitiie yesterday, ami later wa.sao.esi oil a rotk somb dtstnuce out, waving for help. A party hum Taurangn, kwludiiig CkiHstaWs Skinner, the liarbotvnnaifcj niid others attempted to get oiitsltte tlio harbour in a launch, bat was forced tcvaimn owing to a heavy easterly sea. Tl» jjarty then itttsHiptefl to.) roach tlio man. who ttKi.ntiiiio hail &wunt to .HuTihit Ishni, in u 16ft boat. It Bivaniiwd, and. tlis oceilpalrts. ivho hat] on iifcfetts, dragged ashore on a lifeline. TJio harbonr)iia.site.r (Captain Alillar) wiiS in a hud way, antl ;t took two hours to. bring lifrn tofind- ii was then dark, anej tjio rttteiiipt at j-6sciie. was abandoned fo.r tho iiiftht. Further attempts are now being nude. The man was absolutely jimic, arid there Was heavy wiit.d, rain, llie isj land is sitinll and uuiniiabitod, but tberc i is good sheller itboi.it- n (jitartw , of a. uvh from this beach. UNSAVED JVIfTER SO HOURS, Tatifanga, March .17. The attcinpt to resctto lh« man oil tUahbit Islnmtl tfl-diiy was .Impoless, and it was desMefl to abandon further attempts- till the weatlicr nioder-atos, of which' tht're is no sign. A t-refnendb-n-s ! sea is nsiivibg -outside tho entrance.' Tho man fens no* been on the island for j 30 hours, naJtcd, .-a'.i.id without food. He is still unidentified.