FIRE PROTECTION.
mount albert district. PROPOSAL TO FORM BOARD. \ decision to hold a poll at an early date on the question of forming a fire board for the Mount Albert district was made at a meeting of the Mount Albert Borough Council last evening. A letter was received from the Auckland Fire Board, which stated that, after inspecting the district, the board was not prepared to undertake fire protec ion in fi Kr»rniicrh It suegcsted that the best means oi giving adequate fire protection in Auckland city and adjacent areas was bv the establishment of a Metropolitan F The ß °town clerk, Mr. T. R Congaiton estimated that the saving to the boroug on a full vear's working l>\ the est.ii, lishment of a fire board m the d,stl IC * 1 i l>o The present cost of ti.e rtJdfS. £l6ll a year, £490 being the interest on £7OOO, the loan raised foi {he station and plant, and £ll2l being the estimated annual expenditure. Ihe yearly cost to the board would be paid in equal' proportions by the council and the insurance companies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21209, 15 June 1932, Page 11
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