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Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14540, 18 October 1917, Page 2

The inscriptions upon British coinsnave always been m Latin, except during the Commonwealth —1649-1660

"As a matter of fact this man saved my life,'' sai-.l Colonel Porter luring the hearing ox an application at tJishc.vne (says the "Herald") for a .New Zealand Military War Medal hy a native, n-imed Wiremu Taika 01 Ijnina, at the sitting recently. This man had. warded oft' a bullet in a miraculous manner, within a few feet of hir, (tlnv colonel's) head. He was known to his comrades as Time-Toa (a brave man); lie was always ready to go scouting, and would stuJk rigiit up tr> the enemy uiciio.it any fear trhate\ex- On onooccasion lie chased some rebels singlehanded, and returned with three cv' tbfim. "I -.vondei /' -eoncludec: the' speaker, "he has not received the modal loner iIL ,- 0 , f O i- h e certainly d<>sov,es it." The- Magistrate remarked: that it was a case ol: oversight.