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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3780, 8 April 1891, Page 2

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(United Presß Association). Bravely fieioueft. Gisdobne, April 7. Two sailors of the ketch Venus last night wore going baok to their vessel when one fell into the river. The other, seeing , hid mate being rapidly parried down' the stream with his head under water, plunged in and brarely rescued him, but not a moment; too .80°n. Timaru, April 7. Two firemen of the steamer Bsyley were arrested to. night for robbing ft man named Wyatt' on board the steamer of £3O and several articles of clothing, and another named Devine for stealing a bull dog from a resident in Timaru. , It took tho lull force' of police to arrest tl^epj,,.tl*e prisoners and their friends offering a determined resistance,

BsMgflinrTobacco. Tihabu, April 7. C C Netham, one of the crew of the Rimutaka, to-day was fined £8 10s or 14 days' for smuggling bs tobacco. The Lost Xnmraaoo Agent. New Plymouth, April 7. A strong party under Messrs Curtiß and Penn have returned from searching for the missing man bouthwood* -TTia gun, leggings, and spur were found on the ridge some 500 ft higher than where the horse and coat were foand, and plainly indicated the man's intention ; of ascending the peak. No further: traces could be found higher. The gorge on both sides of the ridge was carefully examined to the snow line, • but above that point the Arctic severity of the weather prevented anything being done. Further search is regarded as hopeless whilst the cold i : southerly weather continues.