DOMINION NEWS.
(Per Press Association.) Westport, March 4, The steamer Defender, hound from Lyttelton to Hokitika, lost her propeller, oft' Stephen Island yesterday. Captain Jamieson sailed the vessel under [farewell Spit, hut a south-east gala coining on, he put to sea. The steamer Alexander towed her to Westport this morning, and her spare propeller will be fitted hero. Invercargill, March 4. Cecil Newman, HO, single, was drowned at the lliverton Beach on Sunday afternoon while netting for flounders. The holders on the shore end of the net let go, and Newman became entangled, and, owing to the breakers and the weight of Ins clothing, lie was unable to free himself. A gallant effort to .rescue was made by a young man named Sharlmrd, who only regained the shore with difficulty.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 58, 4 March 1912, Page 6
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130DOMINION NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 58, 4 March 1912, Page 6
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