CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.
♦— 78. Chisholm expresses thanks to llr Allnutt, teacher in the Kaikorai Sohool, for his great kindness to his little daughter, who slipped on the steps on Tuesday and broko her arm. Mr Allnutt took the child to Dr Watt, had her arm set, and; then took her home. • ' William' B. Tait considers that the. fact that the fire whioh occurred on March 25 last on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre, London-probably the largest in the world •-was confined to that portion of the buildin? by the use of an asbestos fire curtain comprising a steel frame with two thick- . nesses of asbestos cloth, furnishes an objectlesson to tho managers and owners of theatres in other parts of the Empire, tho local authorities throujhout tho Dominion of New Zealand should insist upon tho necessary precautionary measures being taken to minimise the danger to the publio. from fire, by not only providing ample means of exit from all places of amusement, but also in the case of theatres, properly separating the auditorium from the stage by a suitable pres.cenium wall and a wellmade fire-resisting curtain.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 12
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186CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14245, 20 June 1908, Page 12
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