TAIHAPE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8699, 7 January 1907, Page 3

TAIHAPE.

j*n' Our Own Correspondent.' i inquest was held bn Saturday joa on the body of the lad StanfCornlick, who was drowned. Mr McCormick said that deceased ji r and was on a visit to ■■r \lmerston North. On the \ of Friday Mrs McCormick

[idy friends arranged to have r at the river side in the bush, sensed, with two other younger

ras of the party, and while the were- preparing tea the boys urther up the river to litre a The deceased dog-puddled the river, the other boys not

ieyond fheir depth. When degot across he remarked to the Voodard that the current was

strong, and after a short time ited to return, and his companion i him sink, but he thought at ceased was only playing, finely afterwards he saw it was ; gnd ran to get a long pole to l 6 poor lad, and asked linn to get f it, but he never attempted to

in d sank in about seven feet of Woodard then ran for assistliich took some time to procure, ien the uncle of the lad arrived vere several in the water trying cue the body. The body was

I by Mr Wrightson, and a young amed Heginald White immediaived to t!ie spot indicated and it up the body. Every effort lade to restore animation, but as the body must have been in ater fully half an hour. The •eturned a verdict of accidental ing, no blame being attached to f. The jury expressed their

3 sympathy with Mr W. H. J. rmick in his deep trouble. The Pt f w"» = a bright young fellow and s age was a particularly welllad. The funeral took place on y at Taihape. The beautiful li of England service was read by e v, p. W. Clarkson, who also a few appropriate remarks at the h£ the service. This is the first f drowning m our river at Tai-

laborers and officials have now turned from their holidays, and in the Main Trunk line will bo ed to-day. We trust that the if the present year will see the : last at Ohakuue at this end and fie gap between the present railwill be considerably lessened, sports held here on New Year’s ■ere in every sense a great success, rgest crowd being 'present that popular sports have seen, and, I ilso add, the most orderly that I seen in Taihape. The arrangewere all well carried out. The I in of the ground proved a ;t advantage on the old-time rope ire arrangements, which were the of so much trouble in the past, rust that by next season much r improvements may be seen as ening up of the line further inill be sure to give us much greater iat this popular function. The aty, Mr McLennan, was no doubt ght man in the right place, and ;ason he was backed up by a real ommittec. Mr Bertram, assistcretary, also deserves a word of ,as he never left his post, and his ag and courteous manner to all articularly noticeable.