FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1852, 12 February 1889, Page 3

FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS.

Nett Plymouth, Peb. 11, A boat accident took place at Waitara yesterday. Pour men, Goodwin, Ammurson, Eeaney, and

Telfar went out fishing, and in coining into the river, about two o’clock, the 'yboat was capsized by the surf. Goodwin swam ashore, Heaney was picked up swimming ashore. Ammurson got entangled in the beat’s gear and was saved by a party who went to his assistance, but Telfar was drowned. The body was picked up an hour after the accident. Telfar was a well-known blacksmith. Geetmouth, Peb. 11. A fatal boating accident happened on Saturday afternoon at Lake Brunner, twenty-four miles from here, on the line of route of the Grey-Christ-church Railway. Prom particulars to hand it appears a boat containing six men was sailing across the lake when it was struck by a sudden gust of wind and capsized. A boat put off from the shore and succeeded in rescuing four of the occupants, but the other two named Molloy and Tuckey were drowned.

Great Britain’s Bad Harvest.— Tbe loss to the country from the bad harvest of 1888 is indicated in tbe statistics issued from the Priyy Council Office. These show that while 250,000 acres more in Great Britain were devoted to wheatgrowing than in 1887. the yield is less by nearly 2,500,000 bushels. Not only is this the case, representing a direct loss of .about half a million pounds sterling, but liliore is a large proportion of light corn 'and the crop is as a rule inferior in quality. Bariev shows a rather better yield than last year, both in total and acreag, and oats a tlight decrease in each of these respects.

s, Ah Extensive Kiss.— A seaman named Valentine has been fined £3 at tbs Aberdeen Police Court for kissing a barmaid in a restaurant. “ Jack ” protested vehemently i against the price put upon what he called his "innocent frolic,” especially as it took place in the presence of others. Sensible Bealabes. —In the course of a recent address at Wellington Lady Jervois • said;—“l am often puzzled by a remark " commonly made as an excuse for bad conduct in boys, ‘ Oh, boys will be boys.’ But why i should the word ‘ boys 1 be a synonym for rough conduct and bad talk ? Boys will bo very much what their parents make them. , They have strong animal spirits, like noise , and fun, and it is good for them to have plenty of both. But why should their fun be cruel, [ and their talk sometimes such as no woman . can listen to ? If all parents were to check their children early in this habit it would in j time disappear. It seems to me a matter of public opinion, and just as public opinion has largely pub down intemperance, so that 1 instead of being a joke as formerly it is now a disgrace for a man to get drunk, so I hope that in a few years’ time the bad talk and wild life which are now too often allowed in hoys and young men will then be thought a thing to be ashamed of. Bad talk in the boy is often followed by a bad life in the man, and all women, rich and poor, who yalue what is right and good should set their faces against it.” H.M.S, Raven has arrived at Auckland from the South. A fire at Feilding on Sunday morning destroyed an unoccupied house belonging to Henry Holland. It was insured for £3OO in the Northern insurance office. Henry Mills, 30, single, made a determined attempt at suicide at Ekatahuna, Wellington, citting his throat deeply with a table knife. A fellow servant seized him, and Mills struggled violently, inflicting further injuries. Ho is now in (he hospital. The body of a man named William McPherson was found drowned in the harbor at Auckland yesterday morning. He was a native of Nova Scotia and was lately employed in the coal mines at Kawakawn. He was 42 years of age. He came to town last Friday. It is not known how he got into the water. In his pockets i were a silver watch and gold chain, two J empty purses, and a bank book showing | 9d credit. Several pieces of road metal were found in his coat pockets, and suggest | suicide. Hoieowai’s Ointment and Film.— Old wounds Sores, and Ulcers.—Daily expert- >■ enoe confirms the fact which has triumphed £ over opposition for more than forty years—viz,, that no means are known equal to { Holloway’s remedies for curing bad legs, * sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, 2 abscesses, burns, scalds, and, is truth, all 5 oases where the skin is broken. To cure 9 these infirmities quickly is of primary im- a portance, as the compulsory confinement - indoors weakens the general health. The i ready means of cure are found in Holloway’s \ Ointment and Fills, which heal the sores and I expel their cause. Id the very worst oases a the Ointment hag succeeded in effecting a - perfect cure, after every other means has i failed of giving any relief. Desperate oases { best display its virtues. £