AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1927, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

BOATING DISASTER. SYDNEY. Jan. 39. While a party of four boys and lour girls were bunting on the Tuggcrah Lakes, they were overtaken bv a southerly gale, which reached a velocity of of) miles an hour. Their boat was rapidly swamped by the waves, and the party then decided to overturn the craft and to cling to the bottom. Tins was done, hut it was not long before two of the youths lost their grip, and they were, drowned. One of the girls twj<sr lost her hold, l>m> she was brought back. Oil the third occasion, however, she was lost sight of, and was drowned. The boat eventually drifted ashore with tlie five survivors. MERINO RECORD. (Received this day at 8 a.m.' SYDNEY. Jan. 20. At the wool sales, under a general and animated competition, the market level was fully equal to the sales of the previous week, with a hardening tendency on finer grades further a eciituated. There was a strong market for comebacks and crossbreds which ruled firm at late rates. Greasy merinos sold to the Sydney record price of *lO J d. THE YORK’S VISIT. (Received this day at 9.00 a.m.) SYDNEY. January 20. The City Municipal Council voted the Lord .Mayor Co,ooo for expenditure in connection with the York s’ visit.