NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 13 January 1919, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

THE ILL-t-ATED ARYAN

CREW ARRIVE AT WELLINGTON

WELLINGTON, this day

The Hiinemoa returned with, the Aryan's survivors. The search for the missing boat with its eight occupants was fruitless, and must now be given up.

The alarm of fire was given ar L2O a.m, on December 24th, and had then a good hold. The crew worked for nine hours to get the flames under, but the fire spread in all directions, the tallow and flax producing guod fuel. The decks were buriied through, the hatches fell in, and the masts threbtned to fal. At 11 a.m. tne crew was driven to the boats, three tf which put off. Not long after, the masts fell into the sea and the flames spouted high all over the vessel. The weather was fine with a heavy easterly swell. At dark the missing boar, had cropped asterp and was never seen again. A heavy swell got up and the second mate’s boat also got into difficulties, and was nearly swamped, which was doubtless the fate of the missing boat. Christmas Day passed miserably; baling was constant, but good progress was made, jind they wore very glad when land was sighted on Boxing Day. None of the survivors saved much — mostly nothing but the clothes they stood in.

A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS

WELLINGTON, this day

On entering the Automatic Batcnres yesterday morning toe foreman found the body of a fireman, George Adams, suspended from a rafter by a wire rope round bis neck. Death was cine to strangulation. Ada'ms is aged fortyfour, married, and has two *]iildr--n. He left a note near the bo ly bidding bis wife good-bye. A young man, Stanley Godfic-y, was accidentally shot in the back while rabbiting near Praem.itta yesterday. He was brought by an ambulance to the City Hospital. His condition is serious.

A young Chinaman, Yuff. met with a serious accident riding a ?ycie down Thompson street, one of the steepest in the city. He lost control of the machine, and collided with a fence, the rider being thrown ever the fence, head first, against the wail of a hense. He was removed to the hospital, suffering from concussion of the brain. His condition, is serious.

SURGEON GENERAL HENDERSON’S SUCCESSOR.

WELLINGTON, this day

Colonel C. M. Begg succeeds Surgeon General Henderson as Director General of the Medical Services. Colonel Begg has been on active service since 1914, and returns to New Zealand as soon as possible.