STORAGE OF WATER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 5

STORAGE OF WATER

NEED IX EMERGENCY

(0.C.) WELLINGTON 7 , Tuesday. llf1 If Wemngtori city were bombed and the system of water mains put out of action, the whole place would be at the mercy of the flames, except perhaps for a few blocks along the water-front, where we could work with water from the harbour and a little from other underground sources " said the superintendent of the Wellington Fire Brigade, Mr. C. r °° lle y> during an inspection J he Emergency Fire Service. 'We cannot contemplate the possibility of simply twiddling our fingers while the city burns. We must have s «Tf le water, ' added Mr. Woollev If we cannot discover enough private tanks for our purpose we must build them. We already have nearly 1,000,000 gallons in the site of the foundations of Broadcasting House, Bowen Street. That is of great value. There are other places in the centre of the city that might be similarly used:" There must be plenty of water S^ ed m tar l ks in the most convenient places possible if the brigade and the ij.r .S. wei e to do their work.