FOR SAVING LIFE
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A pleasant ceremony was performed by the Ma>or (Mr R.":A. Wright) at evemng's meeting; of. the City Council in presenting iio Miss- Tjily lv T^ chkn and to Mr. G. H. - Heal the Royal Humane Society's certiheate' ot meut and silver medal res'pectivelV for saving life '; ... >:■ ,- ; : ■■■J-, . On 11th March, 1923; Miss MacLachlan, a school teacher , at' the Four .Fathom Bay School; Queen Charlotte", bound, lumped overboard, fully clothed, from a launch in Elaine Bay, and rescued a boy, Roy Archer, seven years of age, who had fallen overboard, -and in endeavouring to keep afloat had paddled away from the launch. i;.-; i ■ .••'"■'-:.' Mr Heal saved the.life.of Mr. Charles Collins an elderly man, -who was thrown upon the rocks near Island Bay during a storm m Januaiy of this year. At very great risk of serious injwy, and perhaps death, Mr Heal swam out to the rocks with a line, and with "the help of a shore party brought'Mr. Collins ashore. . : .- . /, -.:.":
The recipients were heartily congratiii /ated by the Major oo the great: bravery: they had shown. ■.. , i ;.' ■■•-.vp
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 14
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183FOR SAVING LIFE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 14
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