DOMINION TELEGRAMS.
PICTURE SHOWMAN SENTENCED. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, Feh. 16. A cablegram from Suva, dated February 16, states that Sydney Levy, jun., manager of a picture show, has been sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for throwing ammonia and severely burning Arthur Groom, who intervened to stop a fight between Levy and his brother. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. CHRISTCHURCH,Feb. 16. Application for recognition of an act of bravery performed by Robert Merrett, an employee of the Gisborne Borough Council, has been received by the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand. On January 26 Merrett heard the cries of children who were on the Waikanae beach, and he was told that Florence Emily Marden, seven and a half years old, had been swept out to sea. 'He went into tho _ water fully clothed, and. after swimming two hundred yards through the surf, he caught sight of her, and ultimately, with the assistance of another man, managed to got her ashore.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144328, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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158DOMINION TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144328, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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