UNITED FIRE BRIGADES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 63, 26 February 1935, Page 8

UNITED FIRE BRIGADES

Remits at Conference s CHANGES TO CONTEST RULES s t By Telegraph—Press Association. BLENHEIM, Feb. 25. At the Fire Brigades’ Conference further remits dealing with demonstrations weta considered as follow:— ’ W'tiipukurau: I'hat competition • stands ami all working sides of the 1 platform be weather boarded to the . : window sill at all future dcnionstra- , I nous. —Carried. . ; Waipukurau: The sill to project two ■ I inches from tiie face of the window. — > | Lost. ’ | Waipukurau: At future detnoiistra- ’ . tions in all events the plug be opened ■ [ with spanner. —Lost. . 1 Hastings: After the disc is struck . ! the standpipenian may ease the water , I down but must maintain a jet sufficient ■ i to pass the disc.—Lost. I Waipukurau: Spanners to be of • i working pattern, not less than ten | ounces.—Carried. Cambridge: Al! ambulance events I to be judged by an ambulance officer, ■ not a doctor.—Carried. j Exccutiv .: In motor events, i.l'.-.re j two deliveries are used from one standI pipe, t’ imber one must pass u marl: S 3 ! feet from the plug before the order to I turn-out is given.—Carried. j Sumtier: Tim association to donuts ■ a shield or cup Io the volunteer brigade I gaining the highest points in the aggre gate.—Remit withdrawn. Gore: That the executive I e empowered to ret icw the points tor tlie chainpioiishi p sliiel lv. th the object ot making the basis of point- p'-r rmn the same whether for one, three, four or five-men events, also Io arrange a more equitable difference betv. een first, second, third and fourth places. —Curried.