FIRE BOARD.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16358, 1 November 1918, Page 10

FIRE BOARD.

■» I ■ . ♦ ' V'".' 3 . WOOLSTON". < . . J V _ 3 A meeting of -the Wools-ton Fire 5 was hold last night. Present—Messrs G. St" 1 Whito (dopaty-ohairinan), T. N. Champ. Wr. . 1 8 H. Cooper, n. P. Hopkins, and J. J. Graham. . i: • Tho financial statement showed .that the 0 credit bank amounted to £130 9a lid. )•' j 1 Tho resignation of Fireman It. Xioholla ,i wus accepted.' ■ , ;■ • 'a/ 5 Foreman Itandtill was appointed to assist in. j.j;; <- the daytimo in charge of the fire et&tiob', and a Deputy-Superintondont Kennard ,to takov, f charge of tlio station at night time, tisxtittfapgf: • thi> indisposition of the Superintendent. " addition." a vote of 'thanks. «n passed JAVyi", ' Deputy-Superintendent Konnard. for thowill--- ® ing manner in which h© had come forwfttd to. • 3 undertake 'duties on behalf of the Board. •• , •_ u The Superintendent, in .his report, et&led,. " 'that there wore now, high-preesuro wat« » supply mains in certain portions of tut . ■>' B borough. Ho rccoromcndod that tho Bo%ro apply to the City Council for their use.; It. • was decided to make enquiries in regard'to , B the matter, and also with regard to. the S .purchase - of hoso suitable for use in oonjuno*, 1 tioa with the mains. . ; # .i:"?.' ■ ' i "It is an absolute rest cure,", said % - repatriated British soldier « * when about 50 Gorman prisoners who v i had been sifting cinders "behind Wood 1 .. •• j. Lane station, London, were driven . away to their, camp for the week-ead,, "I wonder what I. should gpt\i*, ' I bad taken my work so easily in Gciv ' j many?" ho added. Theso well-fed Geiy . r mans arrive at 9 a.m., sift as many ( .V , cinders as they fancy, smoke, when they . . - please, and look at the papers. At 4 . p.m. on ordinary days, , and 12.30 on y Saturdays, they aro driven back in a ) lorry to their camp. In Germany wo ) had to walk to oar work, no matter how 7 / ; . far, and if wo had slackened we should '[■. 1 havo got the butt-end of a riflo on our heads. I spoke to a German prisoner ( , the other day. He told me he did "not want to go back to Germany." ' * i ''■■■ ==g '