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under which Police Constable Angus
Maconlay
drowning
2.
rescued three persons from
HongKong
in
It
harbour,
appears that on the
12th instant at 12.30 p.
containing 16 occupant
capsized.
d in a
rough
a
Avas
sea 100
boat
100 yards
from the shore, Macaulay seeing what had happened immediately
jumped into the sea without
waiting
to take
off his clothes, and,
swimming to their aseistance,
proceeded in re
rescuing
three
of
the
men. The rest were either picked up
by
ashore.
The act was
by
book or avam
3.
- extremely gallant one,
an
and
supporting
much pleasure in su
General Gordon's
I have
recommendation
that the attention.
the Royal of the
Humane Society should be drown
to Macaulay's
4.
brave conduct.
I shall be obliged
therefore if Your Lardship with be good enough to bring Macaulay's
name
and the circumstances
detailed in
General · Gordon's report,
to the notion of the Foristy
for
their
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