FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION.
(PEP. press association.) Dunedin, January 12. On invitation a number of the Fire Brigades of Otago, Southland, and Canterbury assembled here on Saturday. The torchlight procession organised for Saturday night was a great success, close on 300 men Caking part m it. At 9 o'clock the brigades left tho Town Hall, and after marching through the city, headed by the Ordnance Band, were conveyed in ears to Government House, where the captains of the various bodies were introduced to his Excellency by Superintendent RobertsoD, of Dunedin. An excellent supper was provided for the men by his Excellency, who, iu the course of a short speech, heartily welcomed the visiting Brigades to the city, and statsd that tho valuablo services they rendered were appre. ciated by his Government and himself. Captain Grey (Christchurch) and Superintendent Robertson replied. The gathering broke up a quarter of an hour before midnight. On Sunday the Brigades attended St. Matthew’s Church, where they were addressed by the Rev F. Flavell, of Christchurch.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 933, 17 January 1890, Page 19
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