FIRE BOARD.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16546, 11 June 1919, Page 4

FIRE BOARD.

« LAST NIGHTS MEETING. Tha Chxistchuich File Board met nijrkt. Present —Mr H. P. Hopkins (chairman), and Messrs A. William*. H. Holland, F J3urgoyne, H. B. Bus bridge,. C. J. Cameron and A. Manning. On th« chairman s motion, a, roeolution was carried congratulating tie pa«t chairman Mr H. Holland, on the honour conferred on him by hia Majesty th« Kmg. Eulogistic referencea were made to Mr iiollund's splendid work during the war, and it was considered that the fact tjhat a member of the Fire Board hod been mado An 0.8. E. octi "latex a C.B.E. wae a great honour to tho Board. ...i_.ii. Mr Holland, in Tepiying, said that the honour could be taken as being conferred on tho whole of the city of Christchurch, in recognition of tho grest war record of the citizens. , , , . Mr A. Williams was elected depaty-ctair-The executive whs elected as follows: — Tho chairman, deputy-chairman, and Mr H. P.. B-uebridgo, , . , , . The fr&cretary rcporled ihat /ie iiAd aant a letter to tho Post and Telegraph Department with regard to the Board's rentiest for payment of £37 16s for ecxviccs rendered ai a "fire, which involved the P. suid T. etores at Addington, outside tho £ro area, whereby a largo amount of valuable stores weis saved, The Board, in the letter, regretted that it could not withdraw its chargc, having no power to do £0, Tho letter waa approved. The Sunerintendent in hi« report stated thiit, from May Bth to Juno Cth, there had been 13 elarrr.s; of these three were false, two were for chimney flre«, five were for rubbish. s™ s , an d hedge fires, two weTe for calls outside the fire area, and six were for actual fires within ths city. The estimated total f;re lota wac X 1505: the insurances on buildings and contents were jESOGO, and the estimated value of tho properties on which Sres occurred was £14,425. Ihe permanent staff was now up to full strength, and. the ] men appeared well content with the new conditions as approved by the Board. Matters had also been amicably, settled with regard to the rc-cent trouble with on; of me staff, and all wera working harmoniously. The' No. 3 Dennis motor had been overhauled, and document* had come to hand stating that 2500 feet cf o:]in hoso was on board the Kia Ora, and would probably arrive about the middle of thi? month. He had been tillable to dispose of tho Astor chassis at'd alarm gongs. He was at present revising the bv-lav.s end regulations of the Board, with a vbw to submitting them to p future meeting. Hs suggested that some Echemc bo devised whereby additional niarTi;d quarters 'oo erected at Sydenham and St. AibaJis cub-stations. p.~ th? money paid £t pre-seat in house allowance would in a. fow years pay oil with capital and interest on any money eo expended. Tho roport was adopted, a sub-committee being «et up to deal with the last clause. « The receipts for the period totalled £1017 Cs Id, and the expenditure £375 16s 9d. leaving a credit balance of £141 3s 4n. It "S3 decidcd to give a war. bonus of. 10 guineas to the secretary, Mr C. J. Treleaven.