ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY

Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 10

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY

Bronze Medals Awarded Two bronze medals were awarded yesterdav by the court of directors of the' Royal Humane Society of New Zealand. One went to j Margaret Rose Whyte, aged 11. of St- Andrews. Blen-i helm. and the othe>- to Bruce' Burleigh, aged 23. of 541 Spenser street. Milton. The citation for the award to Margaret Whvte said that j on January 26, 1961. she was approaching a railway cross-, •ng near her home. With her was a 15-months-old baby in a nush-chair. and a girl aged three pushing a wicker pram, | Margaret crossed the line; ahead of the other girl and. had gone some distance when she heard her call out. I-coking back she found the pram caueht in the railwav line*. When she went to help she heard someone call that the railcar was coming. Margaret pulled the other girl from the lines, and then saw that the push-chair with the baby in it had rolled down a slight incline on to the track. She attempted to pull it clear by the axle, rnd had almost done so when the rail-car struck the handles, throwing the pushchair to one side and injuring the baby. Mr Burleigh’s citation said that on February 5. 1961. he was with a firfling party op.

the rocks at Bull Creek. One of the party, who could not swim, was swept off the rocks and token 55 yards out to sea. Efforts to throw lines were unsuccessful. Mr Burleigh stripped, tied a fishing line around his waist, and brought the other back to the rocks, where they were ass.sted from the water.