COST OF FIRE FIGHTING
IMPROVED SERVICE For slightly increased expenditure, comparatively speaking, the city is to obtain a greatly extended fire-lighting service tli rough the formation ol the iFre Board. Previously the City Council had been paying approximately £SOO to tlie upkeep of the Brigade. According to figures presented to yesterday s meeting of the Board bv the secretary, Mr F. Mitchell, the estimates for 193435, including expenditure from 4th July. 1933. to 3.lst March, 1934, is £2505. This leaves the actual proposed expenditure for 1934-35 at £1832 16s 2d. The City Council’s contribution for tlie stated period ending 31st March, 1934, is £3lB. For tlie year ending 31st March, 1935, the estimate is £BB2. The insurance companies pay tlie other half, approximately. Further, tlie Board pays the City Council annually in respect of equipment taken over, the sum of £97.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 12 April 1934, Page 4
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