A NEW FIRE ALARM.
[by TELEGRAriI. —mESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 l-»j , • ' Wellington*, Wednesday. .A successful trial was made to-day ,of'a tlovc ' automatic fire alarm, the invention ?*'" L- T. Roifhel, lato chief elec- ? ridan of the Public Works Department. I.ong thofo who witnessed the test were *r' } v - Ferguson, general manager of the .Wellington Gas Company, Mr. W. Troup; ° ho Railway Department, Mr. W. Wat--8o a» of the Bank of New Zealand, and '-prfseniativesof shipping companies and , / re insurance offices. The apparatus is imp e, the principle being that of tho ;^ eimopile, which generates electricity fr «m heat,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14303, 24 February 1910, Page 5
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96A NEW FIRE ALARM. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14303, 24 February 1910, Page 5
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