YACHTSMAN MISSING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 217, 7 June 1919, Page 6

YACHTSMAN MISSING

TEARS FOR HIS SAFliTl'. Grave anxielv is felt in YY riling!oi. for the safety of Mr. Hill, a member of the.Port Nicholson. Yacht Club, who left in Ins yacht Ethel for Queen Ptarldtle and' Peiorus Sounds on December 27 last,Jlh Hill was single-handed on his ves-sel,-'but made the trip across Batcly. He spent January-and February in Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds. lio was last heard of'at Port Underwood. The Rev. Mr. Crump, of the Ocean Bay School, in response to inquiries by the club, stated that a black yacht ■answerin", to the Ethel's, description left the port one day towards , the end of February.. From that day to this, .wither the "Ethel nor Mr. Hill has been heard- of The club has. been making uwt cxhaiistive inquiries, but hast failed to get any information as to the whereabouts either if the yacht or tRe owner. The Ethel was a yacht of about Mfr. overall, with fiddle bow, and rhen.she left Wellington was paintod_ b.-ack and yawl rigged! She. was a wel-iound yacht iii every respcot, find the elub wnild 110 clad to receive any information in connection with the'mattor. The exhaustive inquiries, which the. cub has n,ado lead to the fear that the Ethel and tor ov,ner have been lost.