COURAGE REWARDED
MEDALS FROM ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY RECENT HELENSVILLE TRAGEDY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The following awards for bravery were made by the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand: Silver Medal.—Mr. Arthur John Skelton, nurseryman, of Helensville, for attempting to save Mr. J. C. Rimmer from an attack by a bull on July 3.0, 1929. Mr. Rimmer was fatally injured. Bronze Medals. —Mr. Charles Laxton, traveller, Hillsborough, for rescuing Walter Wilkins from drowning at Opotiki on December 9, 1928; Mr. Cyril Vincent Mills, of Plimmertdn, for attempting to rescue Newburn King and James Masterton and for rescuing four other men from drowning in Paremata Harbour on December 30, 1928. Letter of Commendation.—Mr. Sydney Reiod, for rescuing Thomas Welch from death in a land slip caused by the earthquake at Newton Flat, Duller Gorge, on June 17. No award was made in the case of Laurie Walkley, of Palmerston North, who rescued Joy Williams and Francis Martin from drowning in the Manawatu Gorge on January 31, 1928. The j rules of the society provide that ap- | plications for recognition of acts of I bravery must be made within 12 months, and this application was made too late. It was agreed to forward a letter expressing the society’s high appreciation of Walkley's act.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 746, 20 August 1929, Page 16
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