PAPAKURA FIRE BRIGADE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 2

PAPAKURA FIRE BRIGADE

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE A meeting of the Papakura Volunteer Fire Brigade Management Committee was held on Monday. October 3. The following members were present; Mr. H. E. McEntee (chairman). Messrs. A. Willis, G. C. Garlick, Dr. J. B. Page, J. E. Wood house, H. C. Thorburn, and the Rev. W. C. Wood. A letter was received from the Post and Telegraph Department advising that for the purpose of fire alarm the department was prepared to allow the installation of a single wire system at the rate of £ 4 10s a mile a year. The installation of the terminal apparatus would not be undertaken by the department. It was agreed to hold the matter in abeyance in the meantime. It was decided to write to the Church of England authorities thanklng them for allowing the use of the church bell for the purpose of sounding the fire alarms. A letter was received from Mount Albert Fire Brigade offering an elects f ? r sale * It was decided that the chairman report as to the cost of installation. The existing rates of pay to firemen when they are engaged in extinguishing fires will be continued. T . l ? r e captain of th « brigade, Mr. J. E. \\ oodhouse, jn his report, requested a - to fires outside the , he dlstrlc;; - a nd it was deat noneof the brigade’s protown disMct.' r USe oulslde the Considerable discussion arose over the matter of the destruction of Mr. M. J. Bobbing s house by fire, all being in agreement that the pressure of the ?v.« t e=« WaS no way res bonsible for quickly, Ure ° extmEuish the fire more