FALSE ALARMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1927, Page 9

FALSE ALARMS.

CZZY BRIGADE GETS FIVE. AN IX<A\E r\\M I H :. It pa>*es the coruprchei;-ii>n n|" <>rdi- | nary common-sense j>eople how anyone 1 could he so peculiaily constituted as to 1 2i\o a false alarm of fire. Piacticali iokes are all very wvll in lh>-:r way. hut tip- iii-anc pnulire of f<.. .Tir._ tbo fire J brigade i- hy no mean* n i"ke. There | inn-: haw l>eeii nii>n« than om* of this , .t!•!!<■rn.i 1 type ahout la-t niuht. for the Alirklnivl I i:y Central Fire wa« called mil no less than five times on fruitless riTitiid*. Most of the nlarnis i-iime from the vicinity of l>etween the fo. • ot Alhert Street ami the timber mill* alonir Fanshawe Street. On each occasion the bripnde dashe<l down to tho>]iot where the alarm !v«x had been broken, only to find it was a hoax. Then at 10 o"elr»ck there came a genuine alarm of fire from Rutland Street, where a splendid piece of work was done in savin? what at first looked like a nasty situation. After this strenuous evening the men had hardly pot the smoke out of their eyes, had a much needed bath, and settled down. \vh»n a telephone mil came savin™ there wa a fire in thr butcher's sh-p over in Cstinett Tna.l. the oth<»! side of Co\"- Creek. Our*- ntnyr the bripade dashed away, only tr> find that it was another faUe alarm. Such heartless foolishnesi is iacon:i<rchcu1 --.- I