“NO THOUGHT OF SELF”
POLICE AND FIRE BRIGADE. SERVICE DURING ’QUAKE. By Telejraph.—Frees AUteiatiom Hastings, Last Night. “In the stress of prevailing circum “In the stress .of prevailing circumstances,” says a message issued by Mr. Roach, Mayor of Hastings, “I have had no adequate opportunity to ® lVe P u expression to nfy unbounded admiration of thfi magnificent part played' by the police and the fire brigade. Private and public safety arid security Were guarded by those two essential services without a thought of self or urgent personal interests? They rallied to the assistance of their stricken friends and provided that sense of confidence which went, far to mitigate the hard lot of the people. In the name of the citizens, I thank them.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1931, Page 4
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