lir another column the rescue from drowning of a man named Kattearns is reported (says the Auckland Star) and it is stated that * young man assisted. We havo learned since that page went to press that the young man was Mr Rob ert Soantlebury, chief petty officer of H.M.S. Archer. He was walking up the - wharf in company with a young lady, when the cry was raised that a man had j fallen into- tho water. He took off his coat, handed it to tho young lady, and jumped overboard. The same fine fellow, - we learn, was on the scene of the fire -at the Grand Hotel at an early stage, and. searched one room on the ground iloor to See if there was anyone tLerc overcome by the" smoke. He entered »u3 left by a side "window in the brick .vail, which a few minutes later *«U agaiu«i the Masonic Hall.- On entering thr hotel ScanOebury left a new cap met outside the hotel,' and when he went to pick it up again it had disappeared.
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