AUCKLAND ITEMS.
(Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, "October 30. The steamer Ayrshire arrived from Liverpool via .Australia on Sunday night, bringing seventy passengers booked for various ports. "The Ayrshire left London with 400 passengers, but the majority disembarked at Sydney and Brisbane. Mr S. Francis, who is now employed by the Auckland Gas Company,; has received a message to the effect that his Majesty the King desires to personally confer on him a decoration for conspicuous bravery. Mr Francis,. at great risk to his own life, descended a pit and i oscued two , mates who had been overcome by poisonous fumes.w Mr Franci* leaves for England in December.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13520, 31 October 1911, Page 2
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108AUCKLAND ITEMS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13520, 31 October 1911, Page 2
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