OAMARU FIRE BRIGADE

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 7 October 1914, Page 6

OAMARU FIRE BRIGADE

'ANNUAL INSPECTION.* •'; <, TliO periodical Inspection of the Oamam last ovoning by Inspector illiigb. ««.tfino members of the Brigade paraded under Superintendent James, aud/a exhibition was given .' The mon tliiuugli various manual and hoac oxer-' eises with smartness and eolority, and the hoise and engine wore yokod up with considerable dwpatcb, though no nluiiit was ordered. The Inspector commen on thoir display, which lollocted groat credit, on them, considering tho lack, of warning as to his visit. At tho close of tho inspection Inspcctoi Hugo delivered a voiy instinctive and interesting llddl 03S to tho mombom of tho Brigade. He icfciicd to tho miirkod iWraiao in the , mimbci of ilies in New Zealand and stated that in his opinion, tho cause was mainly carelessness. Evory .mora-. bor of the Brigado, could do something towards obviating this/effect by keeping liis.cyes open and when they were 'needed. ; Oily waste lying near machines in factories, movable gas brackets, and gaa rings, kerosene • lamps,' nnd'oven electric light earolossly handled, wcro responsible for lmmy liros, but porhaps the most froqueut cause was wax matches. WilOlJ, tllO use of s wax'matches-was prohibited in, South Australia some years ago tho number oMros'de'erousod by; morethan half. Inspector Hugo gnvo several in- ; stances o.fthe:;f«vagos of'citrclcssucss in his dwn cxporten.ee. Snpcriiitcndcnt :i Jahies;;on behalf of the . Hugo for iiis'v^ry^fisWcfivo-adarcßS.