SCOUT CUB'S PRESENCE OF MIND
WELLINGTON, Eeb. . 27. How a Scout cub saved his tcaeho. : from serious iiijury wlies Hhe f'ell int an open fire in a sehoolroom, is'' toki b. Dominion headquarters of the x Bo. Seouts ' Aflsoeiation. A boy Cub Richard R. Taylor, of Levin, has beei.; awarded the Scout Association's certi : ficate of merit on approval of th. : Oovernor-General in his eapaeity a.- j Chief Scout. "Apparently Miss D. W. Whitc fainted and fcll into the fire at thi Ihakara School where slie is soh .teacher, and with the exception o. Taylor the achol children panieked, ' says the association. -"But Oufe Taylor. although only nine years of age, Icep: his head and ran for a jug pf water which h'e threw over the hre and Mis: White and so pujt out the flames. Then he rau to a neighbour 's pLace for help A farmer who was working neafby wa^ attracted by the cries mf'-the children and was quickly on the scene but a! ready Taylor was on his way to the nearby ffirmhousef or help. This qhick vtaoh afid presence of niind saved tln teacher f ro n possible serious injury. '
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 February 1947, Page 4
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