A PLUCKY LAD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1708, 27 March 1913, Page 4

A PLUCKY LAD.

RESCUES A YOUNG LADY FROM . DBOWiN'INU.' ' ' (By Telegraph.—Spccjal Oorrcppondeiit.) 'AHcklanil,'March 20. A somewhat sepffjtionpl jncidpnt opepr? led oh Easter MppdaJ #t V/oymput)] Beach, which is situated on the l|anukau Harbour, about miles from rewa.. Thq l'apakpra 'Apglipap tijjiirph was,.holding a, picjiio therp, apd, about noon, when a nuipber of the yo'upg peqp|e were bathing, Miss \Vcodg (ijaugfitpr of tho vicar) had the im f -fprtpiio tp slip <i(I a ledge of rocjc into deep lyptpri opd iyas eoou .-seen to'be' in 'jTlierp were between thirty pud' fp'vty, pcpplo on the beach at flip fipje, bp't to 'a jft'd wlip liaq reached thii ago of II) |asf; pbpenibcr is duo tho hopp'ur of having rpscuwl the young lady, who js abppt 17 years old. Alan Leonard (son of Mr. T. 11. Leoparfl) saw the dangerous plight of ?|lj;s Wpoii, and he at<once swam out tp her assignee. Getting hold of )ier hair, |ip tpgqiitp bring her to tlie sjiofe.'" Miss {is most peoplo dq when in c}i jliculties in'flie water, tried to get lipid (if i jio lnc),' bijt ho having .been tfliiglft lifp-savipg, '|iad tl|p good, sense to Jvepp hcr')ipad liiuler lyiiter, find thus managed "to reach the' shure safely, where ready assistance \yas waiting to'mitigate any dangers from ths sii'dflpii imniersipn. The Rev. Mr.' Woods wanted to make a presentation to the lad for saving his daughter, bpt this was pourtppusly (jeclihpl by Mr. Leonartj, wjip said that his son required no reward for siikply, doing -what was the duty' of everyone —naipely, rescuiv another, lyljeji. in dapj!er. ' '' '. .