FIRE BRIGADES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 5

FIRE BRIGADES.

... r-4 . , COMPETITIONS AT AUCKLAND.

••■■ " ' RECORDS BROKEN. (DI TZMSGIUI'II-rERM ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Mnrch 12. The United Fire Brigades' Annual Demonstration was continued to-day, in , showery, weather. Dunedin South, in a run off in the two-men coupling event, broke the New Zealand record of 32 2-Ssec, their time being 31 4-5 sec. _ In the five-men hose hydrant .and union event'Fitzroy also established ■■ a now record for the event by'doing;it in.the smart timo of • ■■"'29 > 3-35sett™s-' "'!■' "■■ o| r"-: ,'> ! - y/, , The -following are the results of, the events completed:-- : :•. • . • , Conpling event (two men).—Timaru, 34 2-ssec... I: Wanganui, U 4-Ssec, 2; Damievirke, 35sec, ■ ' "S; ; Masterton, 35.1-55e0.,,4. ... .. Eastbwn Railway and Dunedin South were ' dead.heat for fifth place in 35.4-5 sec. In the run off for shield points Eastown Railway ran in in 35 2-ssec. and Dunedin South in 81 4-fse. • Hose Hydrant and Union /five men).—Fitzroy. 29 3-ssec, 1; Wanganui, 31 2-osec, 2; Dunedin South, 31 3-ssec, Eastown Railway and Hillside Railway, 32 sec, dend heat, i. Eastown won the run off. Masterton (32 1-5 ' eecO was sixth. '* llcse and Hydrant (three men).—Cayersham, 21 1-osec, I;.Dunedin South and Napier,2l3-5 eec, dead heat. 2; Hillside Railway, 23 l-ssec, . 4, Auckland City and Lyttelton (23 2-ssec), , ~wero a dead heat for. fifth place. Dunedin South beat Napier in the run off for second pltce. v> Ladder Race (one man).—Auckland City (Bsec.) and 3laste,rton (Bsec.) a dead heat for first placeto be run off to-morrow. Eltham, Dunedin City Ashburton, Greymouth, Wanganui, and Spit (8 l-ssec), dead heat, to run off for third and ' fourth; places to-morrow. ■' The points for the shields being competed for by the brigades at the Fire Brigades' Demon- -,■' etration are—Speight Shield for manual events (completed), Napier, 21 points, 1; Timani, . 15 points, 2; Hawera, li points, 3; Hastings, 8. points, 4; Ashburton and Geraldine, i points each. , Manual Shield.—The following are the leading teams:—Timaru, 23 points; Napier, 21 points; Haweraj 14 points. High- Pressure Shield.—ilasterton are leading with 26 points. Auckland City are second with 17 points, and Fitzroy and Dunedin South equal for third with 1G points each. Tho visiting firo brigades were entertained at 'an excursion to' Motutapu yesterday. An interesting sports ■ programme was gone through. The following are the results:— fire brigade championship—Bates (Lower Hutt), 1. 75 yards handicap, 45 years . and ■' over—A. Boon (New Plymouth), 1; H. -Rose (Petone), 2. Maiden handicap, 75 yards— L. Ashworth (Napier), 1; R, Ainsley, 2; E. Hayward (Kaiapoi), 3. Relay race, teams of four , men, each man to run ICO yards—WaBganui 1, Hokitika 2.