LIFE SAVING.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19991, 15 September 1936, Page 6

LIFE SAVING.

REWARDS FOR GALLANTRY. A HUNTLY RECIPIENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. Mention of an attempted rescue from drowning at Long Point, Otago, by Charles Connell, who lost his life In the attempt, was made at a meeting to-day of the court of directors of the Royal Humane Society. The chairman, Canon W. S. Bean, said the . society regarded Mr Connell's as a very gallant effort. The award made was an In Memoriam certificate and the silver medal. Other awards were:— Bronze Medal.—Mr Thomas Gillings. for a rescue from ‘drowning in the Waikato River (Mr Gillings, though his arm was in splints, jumped fully clothed into the river at Huntly on May 28 and rescued a child in danger of * drowning) ; Mr Charles Vernon Spragg, for a rescue and an attempted rescue at Waihl Beach, Hawera; Keith Valentine Blomfleld, for a rescue at Russell, Bay of islands. Certificates. —Mr Derek Thorburn, for a rescue at Waitotara; Constable Benson Gillard. for a rescue at Tangiinoana; Mr George Dunn, for a rescue at Gisborne. Letters of Commendation. —Mr. Francis Henry Greenaway and Mr Gordon Standish, for a rescue and an attempted rescue at Waihi Beach, llawera; Mr Clifford George Scarlett, for a rescue near Upper Moutere; Mr Sydney Bowker. for a rescue at Titirangl, Auckland; Miss Mary Eleanor Reese, for a rescue at Weymouth, Auckland.