Fire Board Praised
Appreciation of the way in which the Christchurch Fire Brigade fought and contained a fire at the company’s Maces Road depot last Saturday was •(expressed in a letter by Mr 1 (C. S. Luney, managing direct tor of Chas S. Luney, Ltd, to the Christchurch Metropol i tan Fire Board last evening “The citizens of Christ ) church should be proud of f the high standard of effircicncy the fire brigade displays.” Mr Luney said. i,| The chairman (Mr N. G. e| Pickering) and the Chief Fire siOfficer (Mr F. A. Hardy) both •(said in reply to a suggestion ’(that the water supply was in- , adequate, that it was sufli- > ci ent for a developing area jlMr Pickering said he had no I doubt that it would be im.[proved when there was fur- . ither development. . When Mr D. M. Ross asked i if the supply had been adc- , quate Mr Hardy replied: “We put the fire out” Mr Pickering, who was at ,[the fire, said Mr Luney had Jbeen pleased that the joinery shop—which contained a | lot of machinery that had just been imported—had been .(saved.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32302, 21 May 1970, Page 1
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