DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

A FATALITY. TWO CHILDREN DROWNED. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association. j x DUNEDIN, Oct. 28. Arthur Algie (aged 12) and Douglas Hayward (aged 12) two members of a quartet who went fishing in a lagoon at Sterling on Saturday afternoon were drowned when a leaky fiat-bottomed punt sunk in 10ft. of water. Stephen Algie (aged 15) and Archie Hanly (aged 12) were thrown clear of the punt. Algie was the only member of the party who' could swim. Algie got Hanly ashore. Hayward’s body was recovered, but efforts at resuscitation were unavailing.

FATAL MOTOR. CA ELISION. ■' GORE, Oct. 28. William Argyle, single, aged 23, while"motor-cycling at Maitland, crashed into a car driven by George Small, of Maitland. Argyle uas thrown heavily and succumbed to head injuries later in Gore Hospital. Decased was stated to be on the wrong side of the road. ; HOTEL FIRE. MOTHER AND CHILD BURNT. GORE, Oct 28. Carriers’ Arms Hotel at Riverton, an old two-storeyed wooden building, was destroyed by fire about half-past two this morning; Mrs Trembath (wife of the licensee) and her infant, Aver© trapped and burnt to death. ‘'William Trembath (formerly a well-known profession runner) and boarders escaped. Nothing was saved except a Few sporting trophies. Insurances are unavailable. NO SIGN OF MISSING CHILD. , GISBORNE, Oct. 28. The Fire Brigade-s trailer pumps were engaged all night pumping out a pond near the Showground, 525,000. gallons being lifted and the water levels reduced to a foot after which volunteers made a complete search of the weeds and slime at the bottom of the pond but found no trace of the missing child, Harry Boyd Foote.[