Not easily frightened

“You had no information on which you could have issued any storm warning that would have frightened a master mariner from leaving

Blenheim?” asked Mr F. K. Hunt SM at a recent inquiry. Mr D. C. Bates (Government Meteorologist): “No, but you could shake a skeleton in front of some of them without scaring them.” Mr Hunt: “Yes, that is so.” — ODT,

26.2.1921.

COPIES OF PICTURE AVAILABLE FROM ODT FRONT OFFICE, LOWER STUART ST, OR WWW.OTAGOIMAGES.CO.NZ The Taieri River flows past Henley. — Otago Witness, 8.2.1921.