SAVING LIFE
Royal Humane Society Awards Dominion Special Service. Christchurch, September 14. Mention of an attempted rescue from drowning at Long Point, Otago, by Charles Connell, who lost his life iu Ihe attempt, was made at a meeting to-day of the court of directors of the Royal Humane Society. The chairman. Canon W. S. Bean, said the society regarded Connell's as a very gallant effort. The award made was an In Memoriam certificate and silver medal. Other awards were :— Bronze medal: Thomas Gillings, re- . scue from drowning in the Waikato River; Charles Vernon Spragg, rescue and attempted rescue at Waihi Beach. Hawera; Keith Valentine Blomfleld, rescue at Russell, Bay of Islands. Certificates: Derek Thorburn, rescue at Waitotara; Constable Benson Gillard, rescue at Tangimoaua: George Dunn, rescue at Gisborne.
Letters of commendation: Francis Henry Greenaway and'Gordon Standish, rescue and attempted rescue* at Waihi Beach, Hawera; Clifford George Scarlett, rescue near Upper Moutere: Sj’dney Bowker, rescue at Titirangi, Auckland: Mary Eleanor Reece, rescue at Weymouth, Auckland.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 300, 15 September 1936, Page 10
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164SAVING LIFE Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 300, 15 September 1936, Page 10
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