REWARDS FOR BRAVERY

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4312, 22 March 1901, Page 5

REWARDS FOR BRAVERY

. PSKSI AMOCIATieU. 1J . CHRISTCHURCH, March 21. .-■■■ At a meeting oft the Ob urb;pf.!‘Directors of the -Royal Humane Society of New Zealand to-day, silver medals were awarded - to -’Wilßam’iHamWibiijdf£fbr rsscuing Lilian Burns from downing-in the Rangitikei' River on .October Ist/1800; ‘to Patrick Nolan, fpr '.rescurdc three men' from. ’drowning .at, Bihide Bay, on March 14th,. 1900 1 and’to W.’tT. Miller, for rescuing Bessie Soott-fropi dtowning at Wanganui, on .October 2kd, 1900. Bronze .medals to Mamae Rangitahua. and lta' I?akiha, two "Maori gim, for! rescuing Rikiranga born from' drowning in the Wanganui .River ’ on -November-26th, ,'I9OO. George Dunn-and'Patrick McGafferty ‘ granted first-class' certifici&es for rescuing Richard Robertson from an exploding blast at .Waiowaha, ; du December 21st, 1899;' H. C. Carlyle, a certi-ficate-for .rescuing'fFrank from being;run over at:Christchurch -oil Novcipbeij'" 15 th,’ .T9OO. " A mofi£Smam certificate, was directed tcTbe sent ho Hie next-bf-kin of A. K. ,wi "Watts", ‘ who was drowned" at Wan- ; ganui-on October 3rd, 1900,,. in an attempt’to rescue Bessie rScott from drowning. , r<u f3 Letters of commendation were directed to be sent to A. F. Field, for ramming W. Jacob from dmwning *t Weir lington, on December 30th, .1899; te William Harper and Duncan. Johnston, for attempting to rescue M. Laurenso* from drowning at ■ Parson’s Rock# (Charleston), on July 12th, 1900; te Cecil Dixon, for rescuing H. Reardon from drowning at Masterton, on.- October 19th, 1900 ; to James Knowles, for rescuing Mary Mybill'from drowning at Napier, on January, 2nd; to -W. CMliver and J. E. Lund,' fair rescuing T. Barlow from drowniiig at Devonport on November Bth.' to W. C. L. Brice, for rescuing Katie Collin* from drowning at Lyttelton bn' January sth, 1901; and to Rupert Rich, for a boy from drowning at Lyttelton December 22nd, 1900.