HUMANE SOCIETY'S AWARDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 5

HUMANE SOCIETY'S AWARDS.

ONE MAN .GETS STEAD MEDAL.

;(By; Telegraph;-Pres's/ AssociationO;

.-'.'■'• ■'. ';V .'v.' Christohurch;-October 17. . . The/annual medting'of'tthe'Cburt ; of Directors of. .the;.Royai:Humahe/ Society of .New ; Zealand ;w'f©''held to-day.';v-;:/!-' Application, for,,;recbgnitio"n---■wjis" made on behalf;of ' Alice./Wratt : (l3 : years) -and Ruby- AgnesWi-att- (20' years) for. attsinpting ,to /.'rasoue.;Elsie/Selina- '-Wratti- (14) from',;drowning ,/'in '■;the;;.:":Wainiakariri River;/on/January 1910.:-'It.;was decided, to."grant each of .the;'■'■ 'first \hvo' .'named[a'letter-'of commendation.- /-''•.. ■a. Application "-'w-as, made -, on .behalf' 'of Albert. Edivin; -Bull '.i'(7 years) litii rescu,wg ; : -Violet .; -yeaw) - from drowning at Peel Forest on May'l4,'l9lo.' A- framed'rcertificate was gTanted.- I .'--'.' . : was -made- on behalf : of Douglas,Peroival.M'Callum (22 years)for rescuing /'Leo,///Stopworth-.(lo;:years), from, drowning, at; Hobtika .on- June 30," 1910 It;\^as.vr^lvW'-.-'to''.-gr^tV-a.''fram'ed:..'cer-tjScate.V?.-; r - ! -;-.'.. .':■■':y.y- ■■:, .,'.-■■ .;'.-'//■'.. - •■-.; v..

Was ,'mader':on'- behalf of ■ .ThojnaS'RobeTt'.MTherson (?7iyears) for . t Edward' : Crouch' (38- years) from mi.-c : - ' Au «kland:ion August. 10, ;1909. Ine facts;o£ 'this' <».se; were .particularly meritonous.v 'Oni the evening: in'.ques-taon,-,,M,Pherson>.was-passing.-the Strand Arcade, Auckland,--.when .'he.-: heard- a glass,-; and saw;the.flames' issuing from. .the., .third f shop. on the -left side. MPherson ;ran .into the: Thistle Btftel, andvrang T ,up,th e r£ra-,brigade,' and- oh gaming, the; street, : .he' - saw- ; A handbag fall from one of'the windows. : On lookungup he noticed a.inari on the window-6iU-,at,; the; thirds story, man was calling for~help, :an'd- M'Phcrson took his hat■; and coat-;off;.arid scaled'•: the fire ,whichy'6n!yv.went hatf-wav up the building; and'finished 'the ! ascent by placing-hisjiands "and feet in.nicks : in the.wall.v-After that, .hehiid a ,12 inch cornice to. mount,' and a'4ft. palisade, at the; v endrof; ; which- was a-turret./ He mounted that, and.'was.: then.' able- to Tench the man,- who was badly burned and in grait,pain. ;Had the -rescued mail struggled.; there-was nothing. b,ufr certain death for, both rescuer and rescued; The greatest bravery had been displayed, and it 7of • - d vvr de ? .'H* tha hi S h<?st awardthebtead Medal—should be gi'anted This is the second occasion only on which' the Stead Medal has been award.- the former recipient -being.;: Sergeant ■■ Redmond, a police officer. ;- y ;. ;.J.-V^ : . y_ ,-.;,'.,'