FALSE ALARM MISCHIEF
MALICIOUS CALLS FREQUENT.
SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS.
(Per United Press Association.)
Wellington, October 18
Included in five malicious false alarms received in one day recently by the Wellington Fire Brigade was a. call to< Government House where it was alleged the laundry was on fire. Three of the alarms were given in as many minutes and at one stage every engine and fireman was out.
The seriousness of such a state of affairs was emphasized at a meeting of the board when ways and means of suppressing the mischief were discussed.
The chairman, Mr Nelson, said he would like it to go out that the Act provided for a term of imprisonment not exceeding one month and a fine not exceeding £5O. Mr Dean said that the Magistrate might take into consideration? the suggestion that offenders should pay the reward. Mr Morpeth: It is a pity someone could not invent something that would take a flashlight photo of everyone who rings up the brigade.— (Laughter.)
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Southland Times, Issue 21218, 20 October 1930, Page 8
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168FALSE ALARM MISCHIEF Southland Times, Issue 21218, 20 October 1930, Page 8
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