FIREMEN'S CONTESTS
CENTENNIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS [BY TELEGKATH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thursday Two hundred firemen from 51 brigades are taking part in the national Centennial demonstrations of the United Fire Brigades' Association, which began to-day at the Petone recreation ground. Entries for the events are the highest since the demonstrations at Hokitika in 1929. , , N. G. Muir (Hastings) broke the New Zealand record for the one-man coupling, for which the Gilberd Memorial Sfiield is awarded. Muir completed the test in 49 3-os, two-fifths of a second better than the previous time established at Wanganui last year. Results: — . Gilberd Memorial (one-man coupling). — Hastings (N.G.. Muir) 40 3-S S , 1; darterton. •vi 2: Hokitika. 5(Js, 3. Four-men Motor.—Petone (A. Shardlow, T, V Home, L. Pack wood, J. B. Gaynor), of. 4.55, i; Stratford, 275, 2; Hawera, ~ B Two S 'Men, Hose and Standpipe.—Petone (L V. Horne L. Packwood), 33 4-os, lj Papatoetoe, 3-t l-ss, 2; Greymouth. So J -ss, 3.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23600, 8 March 1940, Page 9
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