FIRE BRIGADES' DEMONSTRATION.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8738, 9 March 1894, Page 6

FIRE BRIGADES' DEMONSTRATION.

(press association tklboram. ) NAPIER, March 8. The weather was threatening for the second day of the Fire Brigades' competition, but the rain held off. The attendance of the public was small. Nothing worthy of special mention waa done. The Ladder Competition event was completed in four rounds, the final result being—Napier, £6, first; Timaru, £4, second; Palmerston North, £3, *.hird; 'Masterton, £2, fourth. Manual Engine Competition. For five I .;' men. I Christchurch Brigade, £30, 50sec ... 1 Ashburton Brigade, Pl 5, 50 2-sth sec ... 2 Rangiora Brigade, £10, 50 3-sth sec ... 3 Gore Brigade, £5, 51 2-sth sec ... 4 The other competitors were—Hastings, lmin 10 l-sth sec; Feilding, lmin 12sec; Woodville, 58sec; Masterton (Municipal), 68 3-sth sec ; Timaru, 52 2-sth sec; Greytown and Spit, disqualified; Napier, 56 2-sth sec; Hawera, 52 2-sth sec ; Dunedin, 56sec. Hose, Reel and Ladder Competition, for five men. Timaru Brigade, £25, 36sec ... ... 1 Dunedin Brigade, £15, 393-sthsec ... 2 Gisborne Brigade, £10, 394-sthsec .... 3 Hawera Brigade, £5, 40sec ... ... 4 Other competitors were:—Hastings, 44 l-sth sec; South Dunedin, 46 3-sth sec; Roslyn, 50 l-sth sec; Palmerston North, 46sec; Dunediu Railway, 49sec; Port Chalmers, New Plymouth, and Kumara disqualified ; Masterton (Volunteers), 48 l-sth sec; Napier, 45seC; Oamaru, 48sec;' Wanganui, 45sec; Masterton (Municipal), 46sec. Hose, Reel, Flat, and Ladder Competition, for five men. Dunedin Brigade, £30, 60 2-sth sec ... 1 Timaru Brigade, £15, 62 3-sth sec ... 2 Napier Brigade, £10, 63 3 sth sec ... 3 Port Chalmers Brigade, £5, 65sec ... 4 The other competitors were—Kumara, 67 l-sth sec; Palmerston North, 67 2-sth sec; Spit, 69 l-sth sec; New Plymouth, 67sec; Gore, 68 4-sth sec; Dunediu Railway, 74 4-sth sec; Roslyn, 73 2-sth sec; Hastings, 66 3-sth sec; Wairau, 65 2-sth sec. South Dunedin, Oamaru and Gisborne disqualified. Coupling Practice, for two men. Napier Brigade, £6, 43min 3-sth sec ... 1 Palmerston North Brigade, £4, 46min l-sth sec ... ... ... ... 2 Masterton (Municipal) Brigade, £3, i 491-sthsec ... ... ... 3 i Roslyn'Brigade, 49 4-sth sec ... ... 4 Other were—Spit, 54aec; Timaru, • 53.cc; Christchurch Railway, 60 1 - sth sec; Invercargill (Municipal), 71 3-sth sec; Gore, 57 4-sth sec; Port Chalmers. 66 4-sth sec; Rangio-a, 58sec; Eden Terrace, 60sec; Ashburton, I 52sec; Danedio Railway, 65 3-st,h sec; ! Christchurch, 62 4-sth sec ; Hawera, 61soc ; New Plymouth. 64 4-sth sec; Corowa, New South Wales, 54sec ; Oamaru, 56 2-sth sec ; i Dunedin, 52 2-stb sec; Hastings, 50 4-sth | sec; Gisborne, 50 l-sth sec; Wanganui, i 51 2-sth sec. I Ambulance Competition for five men. j The patient was on a platform 20ft, and ' after being treated for a fractured skull, | fractured collar-bone, fractured thigh (one j side), and both bones broken in the other leg was to be carried down over obstacles and carried to a given point to be examined by the judge—Napier Brigade, £8, llmin 13sec, 1; Dunedin Railway Brigade, £4, 14min 14seo, 2; Port Chalmers Brigade, 19min3 3-sth sec, 3. Ambulance Competition for five men. The patient in this case was 100 yards from the starting point, and was to he treated for fractured lower jaw, with profuse bleeding. Christchurch Brigade, £8, lmin 58 2-sth sec, 1. Napier Brigade, £4, laun 21sec, 2. Dunedin Railway, 2mm, 3. Port Chalmers, 4. Christchurch having now won the manual engine events two years in succession, the Association's shield becomes their property. Napier is now leading for the aggregate. Two events remain to be dec'ded in the morning.