MEDALS FOR SAVING LIFE.
presentation by governorgeneral. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAU.) WELLINGTON, March 4. Last night his Excellency the Gover-nor-General presented * the Royal Humane Society medals to several resiI dents ot Island Bay in recognition of their -brave conduct in connexion with t e wreck of the steamer Progress last May Silver medals were presented to •Oonstables Hammond and Baker, and a°it t/laucl ® Petherick and Raffaelo Airano. Bronze pedals were presented Q °, ? e £ er Isbister. Salvi Volpicelli,. a®? o '. Cataldo Mazzala, Andrew George Tait, T. A. Jtiumphreys, Raffaelo Pirsico, and Ernest Connor. Excellency shook hands with eacn recipient and congratulated him, ? nc jat the conclusion led the audience in three hearty cheers in reognition of their conduct. i .Excellency also announced that I of , een advised by the Secretary ott btate for the Dominions that his Majesty the King had been pleased to e King's Police Medal to ConHammond and Baker for their conspicuous gallantry, the only circumstances under which the medal is evor medals had. not yet arJJominion he would be pleased to hand them over. . announcement was received with ringing applause.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 8
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