BRAVE MAORI GIRL.
AWARDED SOCIETY’S CERTIFICATE. (Feb United p ress Association.) GISBORNE, April 30. A 10-year-old Maori girl, Lily Otene, of Puha, was yesterday presented by the Mayor (Mr Coleman) with the Royal Humane Society’s certificate for bravery in December last. The girl displayed great presence of mind in endeavouring to save the life of her young brother, whose clothing had caught alight, extinguishing the flames by wrapping a rug around him. She then returned to the house, which was also on fire, and extinguished the flames, probably savin"the life of her sister.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20705, 1 May 1929, Page 10
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93BRAVE MAORI GIRL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20705, 1 May 1929, Page 10
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