ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA.

Kumara Times, Issue 2776, 14 August 1885, Page 2

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA.

♦ AWARDS GRANTED IN NEW ZEALAND. The following list of awards of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia granted in New Zealand is published in the last Government Gazette, for general information, and will doubtless prove interesting record to our numerous readers. J. C. Miller, a settler (age not stated) at Dunedin, New Zealand, saved the lives of J. V. Lovegrove, aged fifteen years, of Timaru, and E. Lane, aged fifteen years, of Oamaru, New Zealand, 1883, by swimming with a rope across a channel against a furious surf (the channel being exposed to the full break of the ocean), and rescued the two boys before named, who had swam out to an island aud were unable to return owing to the heavy surf. The boys had been on the island for twelve hours naked, and were chilled and cramped. Awarded a silver medal. Richard Phelan, a teacher of swimming (age not stated), at Dunedin, New Zealand, saved the lives of J. W. Lovegrove, aged 15 years, of Timaru, and E. Lane, aged 15 years, of Oaraaru, New Zealand, on 24th November, 1883. (Particulars the same as in the first case). Robert Pitt Crouch, acting pilot, Oamaru, New Zealand, (aged 47 years), saved the life of George M'Kenzie, at Oamaru, on Ist January, 1884, by sliding down one of the wharf piles, and swimming to M'Kenzie, brought him to the wharf, and supported him until rescued from their dangerous position. M'Kenzie had been thrown off the wharf by the sudden slipping of a warp from a raooring-post and was partially stunned. Awarded a certificate of merit. Minnie Montgomerie Ballantyne, residing at Gisborne, New Zealand, (aged 24 years), attempting to save the life of Minnie Adams, aged eight years, at the Waimata River, Gisborne, on the. 16th February, 1884. Minnie Adams was bathing, got out of her depth, and began to sink. Miss Ballantyne, seeing the imminent peril the child was in, sprang into the water, but not being able to swim found herself in great jeopardy, but held Minnie Adams up until assistance arrived, and by her courageous act she was mainly in3trumental in rescuing the child from drowning. Awarded a bronze medal. Albert George Allom, officer in the Lands Department, at Gisborne, New Zealand, (aged 24 years), saved the life of Minnie Adams, aged eight years, at Waimata River, New Zealand, on 16th February, 1884. Allom jumped from a skiff into the river, swam to where the girl had gone down, dived down, caught hold of the little one's hair, brought her to the surface, and succeeded in taking her ashore. Awarded a certificate of merit. John Berry, an accountant at Gisborne, New Zealand (aged 30 years), saved the life of Miss Ballantyne, at Waimata River, New Zealand, on 16th February, 1884. Berry, who was on the opposite side of the river, when the accident referred to in the two previous cases happened, jumped in and swam with his clothes on across the river, effectually succeeded in laying hold of Miss Ballantyne before she could be carried away by the current, and landing her in an unconscious state upon the edge of the steep bank of the river. Awarded a bronze medal. William Potiki, a Maori farmlabourer, of Port Molyneux, Otago, New Zealand (aged 19 years), saved the life of Mrs George Morice, wife of the Rev. George Morice (who was drowned at same time), at Molyneux Bay, on 23rd December, 1884, by swimming out into the snrf to the rescue of Mr and Mrs Morice. After nearly succeeding in rescuing both, a receding wave carried them out again to sea, when Mr Morice was drowned. After a severe struggle, Potiki brought Mrs Morice into shallow water, she being in an unconscious state and Potiki utterly exhausted. Awarded a silver medal. William Hiscoke, of Sumner, New Zealand, attempting to save the life of William H. Trebblecock, of Sumner, on the 21st March, 1884, by swimming out 100 yards in a heavy sea from the east end of the beach at Sumner. and endeavouring to bring the iad Trebblecock to shore, but could not reach him. Alter experiencing difficulty in again regaining the shore, Hiscoke ran along the rocks about 200 yards, went into the surf waist deep, and succeeded in bringing the body to land. The boy did not recover. Awarded a certificate of merit. Allan T. Little, Telng'-aph Department, Napier, New'Zealand (a. ed 27 years), saved the life of Mr Oudaille;, of Napier, aged 23 years, on the 21st

February, 1885, by swimming out from the sea-beach at Napier to the assistance of Mr Oudaille, and, in conjunction with Messrs flovell, Liddle, and Tiegel, supporting him in his exhausted state, and then carrying him through the heavy surf, with a strong undertow, in that condition, safely landed him on the beach. Awarded a bronze medal. Horace Septimus Liddle, clerk, Napier, New Zealand, (aged 18 years), saved the lite of Mr Oudaille, of Napier, aged 23 years, ou 21st February, 1885. (The circumstances of this case are similar to those detailed in the previous case.) Awarded a bronze medal.

Louis Tiegel, clothier, of Niipier, (aged 32 years), saved the life of Mr Oudaille, on the 21st February, 1885. (Circumstances as set out in two previous cases.) Awarded a bronze medal.

Harry Kinnaird Hovell, surveyor, Napier, New Zealand (aged 23 years), saved the life of Mr Oudaille, on the 21st February, 1885. (Circumstances 'be same as in Allan T. Little's case.) Awarded a bronze medal.

Leonard Howard, ironmonger Napier, New Zealand (aged 17 year.-,), saved the life of John F. C. Cooke, on the 19th December, 1884. Cooke, by an under-current, was carried out to sea, and after four ineffectual attempts to land on the beach was unable to regain the shore. He had been in the water twenty-five minutes, and was greatly exhausted, and had sunk twice. Howard and Crossman swam out to him with lifebuoy and line, and willing hands then drew all three to the shore. Awarded a certificate of merit.

Samuel Grossman, saddler, Napier, New Zealand (aged 33 years), saved the life of John P. C. Cooke on the 19th December, 1884, at the sea-beach, Napier. (The circumstances of the courage displayed by Crossman are detailed in the immediately preceding case.) Awarded a certificate of merit.

Thomas Leeman, master mariner, New Zealand Steam Shipping Company (aged 32 years), saved the lives of Thomas Wilde and Alexander Stuart, Napier Harbour, on the 10th January. Captain Leemau, finding Stuart, the third officer of the N.Z.S.S. Waitangi, conld not swim, after the boat they were in had capsized, jumped in to save him, and, having pushed him an oar for his support, swam to Thomas Wilde, the stewaid, who also could not swim, and supported him until rescued by the pilot's boat. Awarded a bronze medal.

Alfred Buckley, builder, Christchurch, New Zealand (aged 36 years), saved Mortimer Godfrey .(aged 18 years) from drowning, at the River Avon, on the 3rd April, 1885, by jumping into the river and rescuing Godfrey, who had been upset from an outrigger, and could not swim. Godfrey clung desperately to Buckley, and. it was only after a severe struggle he managed to push him to the bank. The struggle, and the weeds getting round Buckley's legs, completely exhausted him. Awarded a bronze medal.

Einnim A. Dugdale, carpenter, of Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (aged 28 years), saved the life of Joseph P. Skinner, at Mokau, New Zealand, on the 22nd March, 1884. A boat with a party of surveyors, six in all, whs swamped by a heavy sea on the Mokau Bar. Owing to the beach being steep, the back-wash was so great that some were carried out again into the surf. Dagdale, who was amongst the first who landed, immediately stripped and plunged into the surf again, and seeing Skinner, who was very exhausted, caught hold of him ■ and brought him ashore in safety. Awarded a bronze medal.

Wetere te Rerenga, a Native Maori Chief and a Native Magistrate, Karena and Niwha, his men, all of the Mokau, Hapu Tribe, saved the lives of Mr Thomas Perham, surveyor, and his assistant, Mr Hursthouse, from drowning at the Mokau Bar on the 22nd March, 1884. After the boat had swamped, as described in the preceding case, Messrs Perham and Hursthouse were struggling in the surf greatly exhausted. The Maori chief and his men immediately went off. in their canoe (a small one), got to Messrs Perham and Hursthouse, who managed to hold on to the gunwale of the canoe and in this position the Maoris very si overly ran them through the sari', and safely landed them on the beach. Each awarded a bronze medal.