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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5087, 11 February 1927, Page 4

While attempting to swim across the diversion cut of the Gisborne harbour works, using two kerosene cans tied together in the form pf waterwings, a boy narrowly escaped drowning when one of the cans lost its buoyancy. He had sunk twice when his straggles were observed by those, on the bank, and a boat was quickly dispatched by a member of the dredging staff, .and the lad was. rescued. The diversion cut Is a magnet that draws many juvenile swimmers, whose, ambition to. cross it leads many into trouble. Another source of danger for children lies in the fact that the banks of the cut slope down sharply, and children playing at its edge are liable, t® find themseves out of their depth in a moment. Such a case also occurred the other day, when prompt action on the part of a dredge, hand saved a. little boy, artificial respiration having to be rescii<ied to. —Poverty Bay Herald.