Before making the presentation Sir Herbert Phillips said: At about 930 am. on May 5, 1938, a male Chinese, whose nam was accidentally bust plank during a rush to disoml from a launch which was mooring, at the Customs Jelly. alr. John Huxley, who happened to be on the jelly at the time, immediately ro-moved his cout, and dived into the Whangpoo in an attempt to rescue the victim, His efforts, unfortunately, were unsuccessful, as the Chinese was caught in. the strong undercurrent and disappeared, "and, although Mr. Huxley dived several times, he could not locate the body.
At the point at which the accident occurred, the river is approximately three-quarters of a mile wide and 25 feet deep, and, with a strong ebb tide running at the time, the risk taken by Mr. Huxley was' extremely rear.
When, therefore, the local Honor= ary Representative of the Royal Life Saving Society, Mr. J. W. Dearn, made application for an award by the Royal Humane Society to Mr Huxley in a letter to me giving the full facts of the case together with official Police reports, 1 took steps to forward the application with a covering letter strongly supporting the recommendation,
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