"YOU ARE A VERY BRAVE GIRL"

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18384, 4 July 1917, Page 4

"YOU ARE A VERY BRAVE GIRL"

Such were the words which King George addressed to Miste Louisa. Nolan, a, r&vue girl with "Throe Cheers" Company at the London Shaftesbury, when she went to Buckingham Palace to ceceiTO the Military Medal for heroism' displayed during the Irish rebellion at Dublin at * Eastertide, 1916. Her heroism forms one of the finest chapters in the deeds of womankind. During- the height of the rebellion -this young girl—she i<s not 18 yet-^ repeatedly dragiged wounded soldiers to safety under a hail of bullets.

At the presentation the King, said to Miss ■oNolan: "I have great pleasure and great pride in presenting! you with this medal. I tha.nk you very much for the great kindness and bravery you showed to my soldiers."

"The King was very kind to me," said Miss Nolan, "and after he had ■pinned on the medal, which is 'For Bravery an the Field,' he gave n:e a very hearty shake of the hand."

Speaking of her adventure during the Irish rebellion, Mis® Nolan said to a 'Lloyd's News' representative: "In Northumberland. Voad, Dublin,. I saw men lying down with rifles iri their hands; I was full of curio»sity. But the fun soon turned to, tragedy. One of the men lying) in the road wai^ hit. I ran .across the street and ] dragged him to* the hall of a house. In the cellair were the bodies of six other men who had been killled. I slipped out of th© house and went home. They were all horrified when they ,sjiw me, and cried, out: 'look at you clothes; .they are simply ; covered with blood."

Referring to another occasion during'the rebellion, Miss Nolan said :

"One of the ■soMiiens on the bridge dropped, badly wounded. 1 Men anil women in the crowd cried out 'What a shame! 5 but nobody mad© a move towards helpinsr him. I sprang forward, and ran across the empty space to the wounded soldier. I don't remember i*imnm<r. I just thansrlvt I oucrht to be wit^i him; and i^ n moment aftei"wa.rds there I wos kneeling by his side, and thinking of my brothers in France."

The member for Hawke's Bay, Sir John Findlay, has given notice of a motion respecting the Supreme Court judgeship, asking the House to affirm tne principle that no past or present member of any Cabinet be appointed to this hign*" office whoso qualifications, were he a privt&e banister, would not entitle him to such an. appointment.

Official recognition has been extended by President Wilson to the Young Men's Christian Association, as "a valuable adjunct and asset to the army, although, it will continue as a civilian organisation. President Wilson in War Orders gives itan official standing, ".^ue Young Men's Christian Association has," says the order, "in the present emergency, as under similar circumstances in thei past, tendered its services for the benefit of enlisted men in both arms of the service. *

News lias been received of the death in Melbourne of Mr Chas. MacMahon, probably the best krfown theatrical f-n----trepreneur in New Zealand. 'Charlie," as ho was always known, and as lie loved to be known, was one of a triumvirate of brothers—Jim, Joe and Charlie. ''Charlie" was born in Bendigo. He was always young. His little mannerisms, from the twitch of his cuffs to his pereunial buittonnb'le, were a part and parcel of his personality. No man was whiter, no man stood closer to a pal. He has been seen to pick up a lost and wearied , cat on the roadside and give a small boy a couple of shillings to care for it. This is a primitive illustration of charae. tor, buit it is typical of the man. He was the first theatrical enterpriser to introduce the moving picture to i\ew Zealand with the mutoscope, and he was the first theatrical manager (to introduce the continuous picture business to New Zealand.