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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17027, 12 August 1929, Page 11

The receipt of entries forwarded by post, and a revision of those made locally has brought the total ntimln r of entries for the GisbdVue. competitions to over 1170, which is easily a record for the society. In an elTait to cope with llie additional entries, the festival is to commence at 0.30 a,m. oo the opening day, instead oi in the afternoon, as is usual. Furthermore, each succeeding morning session will be initiated at 9 o’clock instead of tile time previous*'- chosen, it.3o. The judges and other officials will have their hands very full during lhe eight days of the festival. Some, motorists are inclined to regal'd the lire siren as a signal to proceed with all haste in the direction of tiie outbreak, regardless of causing traffic congestion along Clio route taken hy tin 1 tiro engine. This practice is illustrated practically every time the brigade is summoned to n fire, and in many cases tile engine has been delayed owing to tile numbers of ears endeavoring to reach the scene of the fire. This was further demonstrated last evening, when the brigade received a call to Grey sti'eet. In addition to causing traffic congestion, which Is most inconvenient to the brigade, it considerably eitdangers the lives of pedestrians at intersections.