BRAVERY REWARDED
GOLD WATCH FOR LIFE-SAVING. John Purvis, aged 16. employed in the sales department of W. D. and H. O. Wills (N.Z.). I.id., and who resides nt Trcntliain, was on .Monday presented with a gold watch, from the directors of W. D. and H. O. Wills. Ltd., in recognition of his courageous act on lbs day of the firm’s animal picn : c, three weeks ago, nt Upper Hutt. Purvis, at great risk to himself, dived into the Huff River at Maori Bank, and saved file life of a young woman employed by the firm, who had sunk in one of the deen holes at that part of the river, and had been (aught on a snag.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 129, 29 February 1928, Page 14
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117BRAVERY REWARDED Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 129, 29 February 1928, Page 14
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