MISGUIDED SENSE OF HUMOUR
^ FIRE ALARM INTERFERED WITH Some persons with a misguided sense of humour v/ere responsible for members of the Levin Fire Brigade being callcd out at a late hopr laS't hight. In .erferen'ce with the brig'ade's fire alafm s'ystem was the causC, ahd the faCt' that this intbrferenee was wilful reflects unfavourably upon the sense of citizehship of the persons concerned, particularly as they chose a night On which fireworks were berng extensiVely used in the distriC't, and the dahger was consequently Very real. La'ter in the eVening th'e engine was called to a fire which had started in a hay; sta'ck near the Levin Borough Council's yards, ahd carelessness in the Use of fireworks was said to be ihe cause. The superin'tendent of the brigad'e, Mr. *W. S. Salmons, said last night that he took a very serioits view 'of the ac'ioh 'of the persons responsible for the falSfe alarm, and legal proceedings would be taken against any person found tamp'ering with the eqiipment.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1946, Page 4
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168MISGUIDED SENSE OF HUMOUR Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1946, Page 4
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