FIRE-FIGHTERS FOR ROSENEATH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 9

FIRE-FIGHTERS FOR ROSENEATH.

--.lit-.'a meeting held;last!evening';iu the Eoseneath Schoolroom;. under the ; auspices of.the Eoseheath. andOrieritalßayiHrinicipal Association,' it;wasdecided to'ifprra .'a-volunteer 'fire ;brigade'--for:' the' distriot. t-'.The chairman'.(Mr. H. N.-Liardet), said that .the City Council had done' its part;. towards the establishing'of a brigade- for the;suburb.; '■■, A ■ hose and L Teel shed had been moved from Bcrhampore, and plaoed at: the corner of. Grafton arid Crescent Bonds,; and ■ all • necessary equipment, including fireball, and!'tower,- nose' reel, hose,' and buckets, .would shortly .be provided.. 'A .loan j had .been. allooated for the construction;of a'-reservoir An a knob near Mount Victoria,' and. Parliament.had sanctioned; the use of surplus:money :bc~ longing to the Wainuto-maia. loan ■ for this work. "When the Teservoir was'built, there'would be';as good a w.ater,; pressure in'the suburb as :was obtainablem:Wellington. .-• At '.present, .'there was a good pressure'in Eoseneath at certain times of the day, and'when; a : fire occurred, the . water could ;be concentrated on the. Oriental. Bay,- mains. l -' The. ordinary pressure ought to be. sufficient tosuppross. hill .fires in .their earlier stages. The brigade would require; a membership of, 21, including b foreman.'The foreman would require, to bo an experienced fire-fighter, he would be in ohargeof-the plant,;and he'wonld'receive; a .salary: of :.£lo,' per annum. The 'appointments of foreman, assistant foreman, and secretary would bb made, subject to the approval of the superintendent <of the. city brigade.'; : ' ■'■■„- vMr. ,T. W. '.Ward (secretary, of the Batcpayers' Association) said,that the Mayor had informed him that, as soon, as .the Nairn Street reservoir had , been com-, pleted, work 'would' be. ooramehced on, the Eoseneath reservoir.' , , .:.::,.- -" : ' .-■ , . Twenty-one',young,men were enrolled, and it was decided .to: bold a:meeting "on Friday night to elect .officers. ' .'.-'„;