ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 101, 29 April 1910, Page 3

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

; P__SEN__r_K)Sr AT T___APU-_3_ The seating capacity of the Takapu__ Parish Hall was taxed to its uttermost . last night, when a concert and presentai , tion of the Royal Humane Society's sil- ' j ver medal for life-saving took place.'j air. L. R. Phillips, ALP., in pres-ntin-j the charter and medal to Mr. F. E_k_T • maun, said that the people of T-kapuna > were proud of Mr. Baechmann. His ac- ; tion m risking his life to save a fellow- • creature from drowning was one thai had endeared him to his neighbours, and he would always have the knowledge that it had won for him the approbation of mankind, and what was greater than any human plaudits, the approval of the Founder of Christianity, Who had said:, r "Greater love hath no man than he would 3. lay down his life for another." Mr. Baechmann, in replying, th-Uked . the people of Takapuna for their hearty j reception, modestly disclaimed any praise for his deed, and. said he only acted as 3 any John Bull would, and should occa--3 sion offer he would do the same thing . again. Hearty cheers brought the pre- , sentation to a close. 3 The following progr_nmle was s-bmife-ted during the evening:—Piano duet, "Military March," Mrs. Moren and Mis» Mactier; 6ong, "Rosebud," Master Wj—yard; Scouts, song and drill; sons, 3 "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes," J_j*; 3 Rowbotham; song, "Peg Away," M_ia 3 Gooch; cadets, physical drill; song, "Old Brigade," Mr. H. Iloyd Brett; piano, • solo, "Harmonious Blacksmith," M_s \ Mactier;. song, "Bid Mc To Love," Mr. 1 Orchard; song, Master BaskervUle; part 3 song, '-friendship," College Boys; song, "Asleep in the Deep," Mr. C. Way; song, - "Once More," Mr. Orchard; duet in i canon, "My True Love,' Masters GH- ' ligam and White; song, "Tom Bowling;" j Mr. Rowbotham; song, "Simon the ,Ce%> - larer," Mr. C. Way; song, "■___]> i Water," Master Baskerv—le. : During the evening Mr. Phillips pre- •• seated the two 'best and neatest-dressed - scouts with prizes, and announced that " Mr. Quick, who was leaving the district, ; was giving a gold medal, to be -hot for ! by the cadets and scouts. Mrs. Bull and 1 Miss Mactier acted as acconrpanists. Seventy Takapuna Boy Scouts and 8 : Cadets took part in the presentation. - ceremony to Mr Baechmann. Moss Mac- . tier, assisted in the chorus by -.the No. 1 . troop Takapuna Scouts, sang -de song i "Comrades," at the conclusion of which . an exhibition of physical exercise- was i given by Sergeant-Major Angus Bunting;. • Physical exercises (rifle) were also gone through by a squad of eight cadets from the Takapuna school. The star item of , the evening was the chorus "Friendship,''' ; rendered by 45 of St. Mary's College ; Boys (Takapuna Nos. 1 and 2 Troopa ' Boy Scouts), "Pretty Rawing" being given as an encore. Set - gt. Wn_ G_ligan sang "Banks of ATlan Water," and two duets were also rendered by Sergeants ' McGiiligan and Ohas. White. A sheath • . '■ knife was presented to the best dressed scout on parade for the evening by Mr. i Geo. White, Acting Patrol Leader Her- , bert Jones being the proud re_pie_fc, and ■ Scout W—i. Cory took second place, and . was awarded 2/6- It was anno—need by i the chairman-that Mr Quicky- who is- . leaving for Canada shortly, has present*. i ed a gold medal, to be known as the "Quick medal" to the best individu—t i boy shot among the scouts _nd cadets in. 1 the Takapuila. district, the medal to>_bs i won three times in —i_3es_k_ to-be*woa.' outright. • ■- _...—-_r. ———■——————____■_— -