NATIONAL FIRE CONTROL
A letter has been received by the Otahuhu Borough Council from the Minister of Internal Affairs with reference to a national fire control council. This matter, said the Minister, would be discussed at the forthcoming Municipal Conference, and he would be very pleased to receive the view of the council. The suggestion was that, except m cities and certain other cases, the fire boards at prrsent existing should bo dissolved and the administration of the fire brigade handed back to the local authority; that in order to give the insurance companies their share in the control of the service which is justified by their contributions to its cost, in lieu of the present representation by the companies on the small local fire boards, the financial affairs of the brigade operating in fire districtsl should be. controlled by a Dominion board, similar to those: in existence in the Australian States, on which both local authorities and insurance companies would be represented. It was pointed out by the Town Clerk that this meant that the council would retain control of its present service but. lose control of the finance. The memorandum was referred to the fire brigade committee for examination and to report.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 18
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204NATIONAL FIRE CONTROL Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 18
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