EPSOM FIRE BRIGADE.
riANS FOR FORMATION*. I The question of forming a volunteer' I fire brigade at Epsom was discussed at. I a special meeting at the Manukau ' I Water Supply Board officp. loet night. : iMr F. H. Wood, the chairman of the I Epeom Road Board, occupied the chair, and Mr T. .t. Watt, captain of the Newmarket brigade, wa* present. It had been decided to place the station on the, ; property adjoining the Board's office. i The chairman proposed that a reel be, 'at some future dnte. erected at the other ; Of the district, thus the whole I locality would he in easy reach of the new brija.de. A local architect offered to supply plans and the ereci tion of the buildinz free of cost. Nine ! men who were present volunteered us members of the brisade. It wa.s decided that the new force should consist of ; twelve members, and that these should , be distributed over the district as evenly I aa possible. The Newmarket hripado j offered the use of tlieir appliances to \ the members of the Epsom organisation i for the purposes of practising, until the time when they will have procured their own.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 7
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197EPSOM FIRE BRIGADE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 7
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