MALICIOUS FALSE FIRE ALARM.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 10

MALICIOUS FALSE FIRE ALARM.

«A GOOD DUCKING** - SUGGESTED.

On the principles of making <&* pp» ishment fit the crime, Mr A. WtlfiuttSj chairman of the Ctoristchurdfe fit* Board, suggest* that a jwrm giving a malicious iatae alarm bo handed over to the brigade (w & good ducking. Speaking of thfel JW*e* tico at last night's aiming «t Board, he «aid that it would to goswl thing to watch the alarm bwHA that object. In the financial y*«r }w«ft ouded, he stuted, tb« brigade had W#« called out by a mord number «t f*%* alarms. Mr l<\ J. Glackin wrote t« tiw fh*r<£ suggesting, that an alara4»U hlnnM bo placed on the post at fcach akmbox, na it would bring: pwul« swttedv aiul might help t© ftt©n in* practice." He »tat«d that it mt owj caused loss of pl»»t and vraftto m money, but also risk to m«wbw% <ll brigftde. Mr H. R. Rusbridgw aaid th«t suggestion was jtiven a trial mm nfto, but tlvo alarm-bells w» waited bwauao the sy«t*m did nc*t giv* results oxjxvtwU 'The Hoard thanked Mr lluNbridge that it w*a a gwwl thing to find a e»t«ejv t*M«s *> wwtf interest in thiv city'a fttaiwtv