FIRE APPLIANCES.
TROUBLE AT WELLINGTON. INVESTIGATION ORDERED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ' WELLINGTON, Friday. In a report on the produce market Are, about the handling of which there has been ‘some controversy, the city engineer recommended the Council to allow him to investigate the hydrants with a view, to improving them if he found them unsatisfactory. The Mayor and other councillors last night expressed dissatisfaction and wanted a demonstration. Speakers considered they had a right to he assured in the matter. One councillor said experimenting was not enough. There had been something wrong in connection with the lire- The efficiency of Uie appliances had been lauded, yet they had failed, and the whole thing was completely out, of control of the brigade. Eventually the Council decided to call for a demonstration and also to make a searching inquiry into all the circumstances of the lire.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17632, 9 February 1929, Page 9
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