FOR SAVING LIFE.
BRAVE EOY REWARDED.
WELLINGTON, Dec. 2
During a concert at the Missions to Seamen Institute, Sir Robe.'t Stout (Chief Justice) presented ;i framed certificate of the Royal Humane Society to Cecil Ellison, aged fifteen years, who, on May 14, 1911, rescued William. Curlew and Alfred Hart from drowning in Wellington harbor. About 6.20 p.m. on the date mentioned the three boys were capsized in a twelve foot sailing scow. Curlew and Hart could not swim. Hart scrambled up on to the , bow, and Ellison assisted Curlew up alongside Hart. The boat would not stand the weight of three boys, so Ellison volunteered to swim ashore for help, and liad much difficulty in doing so, as he was fully dressed. He bravely fought his way in the dark tj ihe boat harbor against a strong wind, and was picked up in a very exhausted state. The boat, rid of Ellison's weight, suppo:ted the other two boys until they were rescued by Harboi Board men in a hulkboat.
TELEGiiAMS.
(Per Press Association.)
FOR SAVING LIFE.
Northern Advocate, 2 December 1911, Page 5
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