KEEN FIRE-FIGHTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 739, 12 August 1929, Page 14

KEEN FIRE-FIGHTERS

DEVONPORT MEN “DELIVtd THE GOODS” * LOW RATE OF LOSS “Devonport Fire Brigade aßray., livers the goods,” asserted y **" Aldridge. Mayor of Devonport. 'if' siding at the annual smoke con!?' of the Devonport Municipal Brigade on Saturday ever,'““ft* remarked that the fire loss j n borough was Ss to 6s per capita, .ft one-fourth of the Dominion's tion. vroDo... Mr. J. Williamson, Mayor of Ta>. puna, m adding his conErati,l„r Uti remarked that he would rfcvl“ U > !u how the Devonport Brigade had g_t to the help of Takapuna. HelS' l ' subscription to the brigade recognition of this ncighbourh l* Mr. A. E. Greenslade, Ma ** Northcote. said that Northern. v cr organised a brigade 23 vear, .! *»■! had served Birkenhead "as wetf° was pleased now to say that r,.,. head was to add another briimaft the number on the North Sho™ Among the visitors were tv Superintendent Fulljames. of iVh™' : ' rei. who was a foundation meob?*’ the Devonport Brigade and ccSrS with it for nine years; aDd jwS? Superintendent Fleming, of **• Brigade. *” 01 Tna ®t» Captain T. J. Watts, of the it.. Fire Brigades’ Association ' Superintendent H. E. Folia, of n 1 onport as one of the finest’ tendents he had under hi s ,„T2! a ' tion. Captain Watts was g i a< j was now attached to the Derm, * staff at the fire station hS*** 1 sorry that his own Newmarket S* gade could not show the sa™ „ tinual progress as Devonpft y might be the last time that he «■ ! be present in his capacity of vising superintendent for th« v*" Zealand brigades, as he had ham,*, fered a higher post. The as«ociLi!f' was moving everything duce the fire waste in New ZeajTV Prizes won at the brigade’. 0 sports were handed to Foreman c? 1 ley - Fireman Clark and Firemrm pft and an additional two-year badeo'V' Dr. H. C. Bennett, for ’fver!'! '* medical officer to the brigade. ” C:L An enjoyable concert program-,, was supplied by Messrs. NormirTTm Reg. Rushton. R. Mount Gw W. Perry Taylor. Johnson. R A. Naughton. Rex Tates and L c„. vrorth. ** VTa *

The gathering carried a resolution sympathy with the Hon ft Alison, an honorary member of’ iv brigade, and mayor at the tim. 5 its establishment who was bj illness from being present ' J