BRAVE MAORI WOMEN.
RESCUE OF TWO BATHERS.
PLUCKY ACT■! REWARDED.* f '■./■'''.'.■' :•■••, i-"-.. :' ; .':?■ .--X ..■■•''-■' '■■:,';:;■■■- ..'■; : '■■;?'s•:•■ jp'? f_BX "•'.' telegbaph.—»own • i cobeestontbotJ l v HAMILTON. Tuesday. The -■" plucky action "of -two Maori women, Mrs. , Samuels/; and . her sister, Lizzie Daniels, in saving \ the" lives of Mrs. Burgess and f her :daughteri" ■'/ who were nearly drowned in the! Waikato River, at Horahora recently, . was / rewarded •at ;a " social Too/; Saturday .], evening, when 'they were entertained by the residents 'of ;H6raf. hora : < and were each presented with a a handsome gold bracelet. * > /.//// ~ '/•/Mr.;: J. ? : Hamilton, power-house superintendent, in making the presentations, said that but for,; the ' prompt and courageous • action of, Mrs. , t Samuels \ and v her sister Mrs. Burgess .!. and *, her , daughter would have been drowned. /\ Mr. S. >R. James, superintendent of the constructional works .at the power: station, said that it was l not only, the plucky action of the two recipients : : which v saved the ] lives 'of '■;■. Mrs.':'■ Burgess and her daughter, but : it ': was ; the I cleverness : with which they. made the; rescue—a task that would have baffled many better swimmers. / '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18562, 21 November 1923, Page 8
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180BRAVE MAORI WOMEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18562, 21 November 1923, Page 8
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