PLUCKY GIRL GUIDES.
HONOURED BY HEADQUARTERS. NELSON. February 16. Jean Jones and Jean Sanders, of the Port Nelson Girl Guides Company, who last year saved a lady from drowning in the Motueka River, havo each been nwarded a silver medal. This medal, which was accompanied by a letter of warm appreciation from the Girl Guides’ headquarters at Buckingham Palace road, London, Is In the form of a silver cross, In tho centre of which lies the Guide trefoil. On it are engraved the words, " For Life-saving,” and the medal Itself hangs from a rich blue ribbon. This decoration Is never given unless the winner has risked her life In the performance of her duty, and the present winners of the medal certainly fulfilled this condition, seeing that one of them was twice pulled under the water, and only through her knowledge of life-saving was she able to free herself.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3754, 23 February 1926, Page 5
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