Tho fire ailarm system, is in a rery unsatisfactory state at present, nnd has been so for some time. The system sometimes gets out of circuit, and false alarms aro the result. Yesterday morning, when the alarm nt the corner of Cashe! and Barbadoes Streei s was .pulled, the ins-rrinneirt. at the File Brigade .Station iccordej the box at the corner of Victoria and Salisbury Street., and thither, of course, the Brigade went, losing much valuable time before the fire was finally located.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred the Medal of Merit on a weaver who has •worked for one establishment for seventysix years.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7201, 12 September 1901, Page 1
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105Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 7201, 12 September 1901, Page 1
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