MAORI GIRL’S BRAVERY
HUMANE SOCIETY CERTIFICATE Press Association GISBORNE, To day. A ten-year-old Maori girl, Lily Otene, of Puha, was yesterday presented by the Mayor of Gisborne, Mr. D. W. Coleman, with a 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 caught alight, extinguishing the flames by wrapping a rug around him. She then returned to the house, which was also afire, and extinguished the flames, probably saving the life of her sister, who was sleeping inside.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 650, 30 April 1929, Page 18
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