A. NEW ZEALANDER'S BRAVERY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 7

A. NEW ZEALANDER'S BRAVERY.

An Auckland gentleman now travelling in Europehad. sent to' tho,:,"Auckland 'Star" .' ow io£ flipping from . an Italian .. newspaper, dealing 'witli an incident' in which. an important,part was played by a young Now Zealander, well known in athletid .circles,.. Mr. Arthur Sims, formerly captain of-tho.New.; Zealand .and Canterbury ropre- ■ gentativp : cricket , team?,v' lt ,must,.be under- : stood that;the information lias boen. sent-to Now, ..Zealand • entirely! without Mr. Sim's's: knowledgeJ.Tliis: afternoon Madam Serini, residing iii,the ; Calle;dell -'Aroo, Venice, was .going .to .on. the family of -Big.' ;Tos6 .liW©,XronVof--?erii'ando;' a'partner :in:ithe"firin;, of, Ferro.,Toso 'ari'd''Co., She was ; acco,ihpani,ed:by .her little;,girl: Ebe,'.five years old. 'I, About .'.three, o!clock tho lady, ,'.with ,the : little, girl on .'.the;return journey to -, Venice, ■:< being. acoompanied .to tho. Colonna tram Vstation ;.by ,tho;',wifo bf;.Signor Toso, who.had. brought- with her another little girl. On reaching the tram the child Ebo mounted it at once, but,'turniiig round to bid anothfer farewell to the .other jittlo girl, slipped, .aiid ..was .precipitated, into;' the very, deep Ship ;Canal,: -At tho cry .of help from the p'asseugers,<and, staffj' an Englishman, Mr'.- A. Sims, .who was 'staying at tho -Hotel Vittoria, and .who..was in a smhll steamer.'with.two ladies,. Ti'ithput: the slightest-hesitation, dressed just -as ■ lie stood, - dived into the' canal and brought .the -little pet into safety, amicl'tho applause,of tho people. -The'weeping mother clasped in her arms, tho little girl, who was at onco taken' to tho house of .Signor Toso. 'Meantime' the Englishman, was, assisted but .at Sig.-Toso'ssfactory'i Tho doctor was sent for, : and Dootor_ Luigi Pa^qualigo,. the sanitary official,.'arrived, and loxamincd both, the little girl ; and-' the' Englishman, >but, with the 'exception that, the child.was somewhat friphi tended, neither-had sustained any. iijjury. Sigi E.' Favare procured , some .clothing for the . foreigner*, and :assisted: him to dry and redress- himself.The' most heartfelt thanks arn, tendered to Mr,, Sims," in the . name of the little girl-and of the by Madam Serini, who asks us to. publish , this act of courage." .