A BRAVE DEED.
tOUNG HALF-OASTE SAVES HIS FATHER'S LIFE. A WHALING INCIDENT. ; <By Teletttph.-Pregs Association.) BLENHEIM, this day. On Saturday night a young naa named Harry Norton, a resident of Te Awaiti, the historic whaling station in the Marlborough Sounds, was presented with a gold medal and an address subscribed by a number of admirers in recognition of an act of bravery performed June last, in saving his - father from drowning fo Cook Statitti. The mayor made the presentation, and referr«i tc> the circumstances of the deed as particularly meritorious. 7J c . Party . had made fast to ! it.* , ? 1 * the y wer e purwmig, and the boat waa being rushed along in the rough part of the straits at a rate of eight or ten knots an hour. The rope knocked Morton, eenr., overboard, arid, *V,-! <^ er ' 1M * (though he had teen whaling for many yean) could not swim, the ion jumped after him, and held hinv up until both wens re- .«* fl » i ** **cognfeed by the Royal
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 253, 23 October 1905, Page 4
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168A BRAVE DEED. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 253, 23 October 1905, Page 4
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