FIRE BRIGADES' CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 66, 18 March 1907, Page 5

FIRE BRIGADES' CONFERENCE.

JBy, Tetegrapb.—Pres?: .'AeapjifctiopJi..r;v.' ..... ( ** ', ■. * - -' f] CHKiSTGHtIIBICECi thie-da-jr*: ; -;" The twenty-eighth aniiial! coiif ereape j of the Fire Brigades' held, this morning, 10S brigadee , being'represented- Mr. Ballinger (present);,-ial. his opening address, reviewed. ;tn§ events of the year, making feeling irefeifeace' tar the death of Mr. Seddon. Hβ' cejjgratjilated the association, on the achieved in the passing of t&el?i?e : Brigades' Act. Hβ wanted e:i«ryr brigade to! take advantage of the visions. He thought the time had and-* -ved for limiting the 'height of buildings, especially in narrow- etreefs. The picA, sident also reviewed the;progress made ' by the asisociation, which, banning 1 withl nine brigades, now numbered.. 104/iwiiH a membership of 2000., He l weM)jilea:tfiei representatives of. the,. CNejw] ' South Wales) Brigade. Sir. Piling; df* puty-Mayor, tendered the visiting- bri«' gades a hearty -welcome, on hehaJf.ofctheL city. The balance-sheet shewed a>. credit balance of £-383: '. .. .'./: About' 800 firemen- from all parts, 'ol:. the colony will take paa-fr in th.e_. dsnjpttc stration id be held- on. thfc EiMbuaort sports ground next weeki Ther commit-,. tee in charge of the competitions are( distributing £600 in prizes for the vieons events,, and the committee's tQt£l expenditure on the -competitions twJI .: amount to over £1200,,.50 that-no. ex* pense is being- spared to make these COB* tests a. saccess. •■ - • ■ - -,- j- : c At fl» church parade yesterday-th«sr«i ; ■was the largest .'gathering of- firemen that has ever taken place ii'the The Deputy-Mayor arid members of tjief.: City Council attended. BisKop' Juliuai preached an appropriate sermpril' The Acting-i'reihier, the HallJones, has intimated- liat lie v*SDt preseritt the prizes to the winning teatlis' jba Prii"' next. , . r ;„/,/..