A HERO.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 6

A HERO.

Hoqour ; to, whom nonpar is, aW J§ And surely all honour is due to * I bj^wl; roan named Edward Stewart, | who was instrumental iq sariig the v lj |i|if9ipf a^man.atW^aiord in; August g last. The sightless swimmer heard : | «hputs>)r h«i|<an4 pc«wef»ding in the | direction from which the flousdi I came, was auceesaful in btingio£ the I drowning man aafoljr- to .» shore, Tit I was agrafe, act, and well deferred lj the Humane Society's medal* which § has > just be*«.i* awarded E^ally fl heroic was the rescue of a child,- who hdo- fallen into, * dittfied; well ,t | Clifton, by a nursemaid named Gfer. I The- well was' 2Bft deep, and *t the I bottom there were «e?en feet of water S aad mod, The girl, howeter, de- I scented uthe - weil»< found the child j with its head in the 1 mud, and e?entuallv succeeded m attracting atteo- ' lion .by. her * scream* foe help. !■•■■«'.. j| It is a good tiring t bat nOble deedi ' :;- imclt as-those ire 1 acknowledged, | though it be left toii the^ Hum^M Society to rtmke the urtard. It is tot on the battle-field alobei;hftt we hire | •to -look for our heroes and heroines, | and it would 's'edm thkt sometime thpre are acts" of" "bravßfy performed!^ in the piping/ times of peace which : merit the distinction of the Vict>ri» I Cross quif cap ir\uob., as * the deeds of;-| iva^our.^ejecuted; in the face of auf! e.nemy^s fire. „, ' ,', .. „, „._... „,<,->.