SYD. JAMES’ FIRE BRIGADE
The Hospital Staff have a fire crew The pride of the S.M.O., 1 vI recently saw ’em in action, And, boy, what a wonderful show! The whole thing was so realistic, That I paused for a moment to look, And pounding the alarm was the , powerful arm - Of Sgt. Jim Brownlee the cook. First man on the scene was the Fire Chief, None other than Cpl. Syd. James, He kept blowing his Fire Chief’s whistle And calling the crew by their names. He told Lofty Newton to take the first lead, And Weston to stand by the plug; When it comes to a real dinkum fire The Fire Chief’s nobody’s mug.' There, was Martin and Allen, two more of the crew, Assisted by one Sgt. Green, They handled the hose, but the Lord ' only knows '■/ . ; " There wasn’t a flame to be seen. , Each man was arrayed in a service tin hat And bedecked with a new respirator; But twas Fire Chief James the fighter of flames That appealed to the average spectator. He was perfectly calm and collected As the fire he prepared to combat; As I glanced toward him I could see a .broad grin Directly beneath his tin hat. For the thing it was only a hoax, There was nary a fire to report, ’Twas Fire' Chief ' James at one of his games To water the new tennis court.
Ngaruawahia.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 146, 30 October 1942, Page 3
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