When the Wrexham (Denbighshire) fire brigade arrived at a stack fire at Gwersylit Park, to which it had been summoned by telephone, the farmer met it and said lie had not sent the message,, and, in any case, was too poor to pay the expenses of the firemen. The owner of the park offered to contribute £5, but the farmer still said he could not pay the brigade, leaving the stack burning. The stack consisted of about 10_ tons of hav. valued at approximately £SO. Ihe brigade’s charges for fires outside the borough are £7 7s for the engine and about 30s an hour for the firemen. rr \KA POINT-BALCLLTHA MOTOR IV SERVICE. Leaves Buluclutha Daily from Railway | Station at 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. after arrival expresses. Leaves Kaka Point Daily to connect with both expresses Xorth. FARE MODERATE.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20292, 28 December 1927, Page 12
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140Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 20292, 28 December 1927, Page 12
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