After the accident, Balme pro ceeded to a house occupied by some carpen ters, 500or600ydsaway, and informed them of the occurrence, and they atonceinstituted a search of the river. Arthur Roke and a man named Partridge, who were* together at the camp, remained there all night, and, having had no food for thirty-six hours owing to the lack of provisions, decided to ride to Tuparoa to get Borne thiog to eat. They came down to the river and the Bpot where the accident occurred, being unaware that William .Roke had been drowned. Seeing the river in high flood, they divested them selves of their clothing in order to swim it. Arthur Roke first went into the water, and struck out determinedly for the op poßite bank, but the current was running like a mill-race, and he was carried down and drowned. Partridge, seeing the danger as soon as he got into tho stream, scrambled back, and coo-eed for assistance. Balme, who had been at the river only ten minutes previous to warn them from crossing, and others, heard the calls, and directed Partridge to another camp some distance down the river. Tho men in this camp were also out of stores, having nothing but a few turnips, which they gave to the much exhausted man. On Friday Mr Wicksted cot across the river and learned the fate of Arthur Roke. A vigorous search for the bodies was main tained, and Mr Roke, a brother of the deceased, desires us to thank Mr Kenneth Williams and the people of Tuparoa for the generous assistance they gave, and the unsparing efforts taken to find the bodies of his two brothers. Messrs Williams aud Scott found the body of Arthur Roke on Friday at 4 p.m. about ten miles down the Btream, near the junctiou of the Tunpaeroa with the Mata river. In searching they had much rough and dangerous travelling along the river bank. Being dusk they left the body in a safe place, and on Satur day brought it down the river in a boat I and carried it to Tuparoa, where the in quest was held. At the inquest at Tuparoa a mistake was made in the identification of the body owing to the fact that the face was very much bruised and discolored. It was then believed to be William Roke, being identified as such by Mr A. 