BRAVED BULL’S FURY
I SETTLER’S BRAVERY s PLACED ON RECORD; TRIED TO AVERT TRAGEDY l ”—‘ I “Most of us know :something of E the almost irresistible power and ‘l fury of a maddened bull, and we - can visualise what an unequal battle it meant for one man, prac~ tically unarmed, to attempt to avert the tragedy,” said Mr. James E Mackie at a recent meeting of the l Helensville Co-operative Rural 1' Intermediate Credits Association. ; Mr. Mackie moved that appreciation ,‘ of the action of Mr. A. J. Skelton‘ in his endeavour to save the late Mr | J. C. Rimmer from his terrible pligllt.§ when he was attacked by a bull on! his farm at Helensville, be placed onl record. “Without a moment's hesitation mregard for his own personal safety; Mr. Shelton seized what first came] to his hand and did all that was: humanly possible to save Mr. Rimmer. unhappily without result," added Mix Mackie. The motion was carried unaxlEw mously.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 720, 20 July 1929, Page 5
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161BRAVED BULL’S FURY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 720, 20 July 1929, Page 5
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