A PLUCKY DEED

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1932, Page 3

A PLUCKY DEED

OFFICIAL recognition. WORKER RESCUED FROM RIVER. : ' OAMARU, September 26. * Because Mr R. H. I’a'fcktfoo a !(e'nginefer in charge of tiie Waitaki hydro electric works; imported the gtlliiiit and courageous a.et of Mr J. L. Johnston in saving one of his felI- I w-workers fvorti drowning-in th e W-ai-{>l,i. river' last month, the P;. Works Department rewarded Mr •John- ! stun with a cheque"-Which was pub'-My ; presented at Waitaki Hydro by Mr | Pack wood. | Mr Packwood said he was glad of I th 9 opportunity of publicly showing his appreciation and admiration of the | courageous action of Mr John-ton who, when a leading carpenter fell into the Waitaki river at the 'bridge i some four miles above the hydro i works, plunged into th e water. Swim--ming strongly for about one hundred yards he caught the man and (held him until help arrived. When it was remembered that the water at the time was registered three degrees above freezing point and at the briuge the river was particularly swift, some idea might bo gained of the merit of Mr Johnston’s action. He conveyed to him the keen appreciation of the De- ■ >•'-•p- t "vh'oh, as some recognition of this brave deed, had decided to grn’G him a monetary reward. In handing ; over the cheque Mr Packwood said it need not be thought that it squared th? account,