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Show MAORI GETS BRAVERY MEDAL Australian Prisoner Rewarded for Sav. Ing the Life of Trooper Who Had Arrested Him. For the first time since Its Institution Institu-tion cays tho London Dally Graphic, the Albert medal has boon awarded to a Maori for gallantry In saving life, and tho circumstances connected with this horolc act arc so extraordinary that they aro worth giving In full. The recipient of tho medal Is an aboriginal native of the Roper River, Australia, named Neighbour, and tho btory of his bravo act Is given In the London Oazotto in tho notice announcing announc-ing that tho king has conferred the medal upon him. On February 1 1911, Neighbour, who had been placed under arrest, waa being conveyed to tho Roper River pollco station by a.trooper of the police po-lice force named Johns. Tho Wilton river, which was found to be In full flood, hnd to be crossed, and JohnB, who was on horseback, and was holding hold-ing In his hand the neck chain by which Neighbour waB secured, set tho prisoner to swim In front of him, while ho followed. Tho horse got Into difficulties in I mid-stream, and beforo tho trooper could clear himself ho was kicked In tho face by the animal nnd carried off ' by tho current. Nelthbour, Instead of using the opportunity of making hla escape, went to Johns' assistance and brought him oshorb with gieat difficulty diffi-culty and at the risk of his own life. |