ADRIFT IN A BOAT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. At 6.30 last evening the postmaster at Akaroa received a telephone message from Barry's Bay to the effect that two boys were adrift in a boat in the harbour, and were fast being carried to sea. A strong nor'wester was blowing at the time, and the sea was rough and choppy. Constable Jackson, on hearing the facts of the case, procured an oil launch and went in search of the boat. Although darkness was fast coining on, he was able, after cruising about the harbour for some time, to pick up the lads, who proved to be the two sons of Mr Parini, one aged nine years and the other five years. The boys had been paying a visit to Barry's Bay, and instead of returning by road had borrowed an old flat-bottumed boat, with no oars, intending to paddle back to Akaroa with a piece of board. * Constable Jackson's prompt action probably saved the lives of the boys, as it would have been impossible to pick them up after darkness had set in.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8865, 28 October 1907, Page 5
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184ADRIFT IN A BOAT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8865, 28 October 1907, Page 5
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