Fire Brigade Costs
"Few people realise how money js raised to pay for the costs of operating lire brigades in New Zealand." said an insurance expert recently. "Take' a city like Wellington. Tlie cost of the Fire Hrigade amounts to about £'2(j, 000 a year. The insurance companies pay £ 1 .'i, > 000 of the total, and the ratepayers the rest, except lor a sum of £100 paid by the Government. Ui virtue of the modest sum paid by the Government the authorities demand a seal on tlii! lire board of every district in New Zealand, with a right to vole on equal terms with other members. In some eases, this outvote may act as a casting vote, thereby controlling policy. In the case of Lower Hult the casts tola! about. £0000 a year, of which the Gcvemment contributes £!io.''
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 56, 14 March 1944, Page 3
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139Fire Brigade Costs Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 56, 14 March 1944, Page 3
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