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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1022, 16 April 1883, Page 3

There appears to bo more rum than water xt drfr»k^jiod ; thp^N^^yrrjpTO rlarbdtir Board; At the last meetingof the Board, Mr Davidson took exception to an item of £2 4s for rum, and pi'oposed that : thp ~ accounts: be ..passed [less ainpnntjf ‘JklrJP^nj,' ; mpyed* as ,ah amendment that ihe'apcouAtsi ah rpad. be- passed for payment, wfifcUyyas, carried. ; .nh;During the progress of a regatta at Southport (Queensland) on Easter Monday a squall struck the yachts as they were being brought up'-'to their moorings. Three of the yachts were capsized and sank. The crew of one swam ashore, but two of the crew belonging to the -yacht Alelf, h|ing| Burton gbx&ia&hnfb&rit wcrefCdrawnel. kj&t Jn supposed that they were carried away by the strong current. In the yacht Vagabond, one of the three capsized, all were good;f wiipmjrsf but Two of his companions proffered him help, which he declined saying he was all right and could reach the shore, but he did not do so, and the body was recovered on the beach at Stradbrooke Island, miles from the scene of the accident.