The day before the incident she procured a small boat to cross the lake with a message for Kinloch.
By the time she was ready to return to Glenorchy the lake was so rough that she was persuaded to stay at Kinloch all night.
Next morning the lake was still stormy, but rather than be late in opening the post office she decided to cross at 6 a.m.
She had not got halfway across before the lake was so rough that it was impossible to reach Glenorchy or return to Kinloch, for if the boat was put broadside to the waves it would soon have filled, so the occupant had to keep it straight before the wind and waves, and allow it to be driven down the lake.
A man, seeing the danger, rode round the head of the lake and got another resident to go to the rescue in his launch.
When they reached the boat it was nearly swamped, and the young lady was in an exhausted condition, her bleeding hands giving evidence of the hard battle she had had with the storm.
However, she was not seriously the worse of her adventure.
• When the men of the 9th Reinforcements lined up at the Garrison Hall on Tuesday seven who had enrolled and had been sent notification to parade failed to answer the roll call.
It is as extraordinary as it is annoying that men should go the whole length of enrolment and medical inspection and then, without giving any intimation, simply fail to turn up on the appointed day.
A sense of shame at the act possibly accounts for the failure to notify.
To give an idea of the extent to which men change their minds after enrolment, it may be mentioned that at the local headquarters office notices were sent out on September 24 to 93 men selected for the infantry with the 9th Reinforcements.
So many proved unable to go that, although recruiting was continued up to October 8, on that date the numbers available were still three short of the 93.
No fewer than 40 men enrolled in the Dunedin group begged to be excused when selected for the 9th Reinforcements.
One volunteer has been selected for three different reinforcements, and on each occasion has asked to be held over till the next.
It is altogether disagreeable to have to return to this unpleasant aspect of recruiting, but the problem of keeping up the flow of reinforcements is daily becoming more serious.
No longer may the eligible young man honestly assure himself that the time is not yet - that the numbers required are being easily obtained.
Those most intimately concerned with recruiting admit that the situation is becoming serious.
The call is now so urgent that every man must face and answer the question ''Is it my turn?''
• A boyish prank of a very reprehensible nature was enacted in the Octagon just as the church congregations were dispersing on Sunday evening.
Two lads had a piece of string, and this they either held, one at each end, or else had tied to the iron railings, in such a manner that when it was pulled taut passers-by would trip upon it.
One of the victims, who fortunately did not fall, was an old man, but immediately he looked round for the perpetrators they set off and were soon lost to views.
Boys may regard such matters as a joke, but the consequences to those of more mature years might prove serious.
The police have been informed of the occurrence, and no doubt will be on the lookout for any repetition of it. - ODT, 14.10.1915.
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