"SIMPLY APPALLING."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 8

"SIMPLY APPALLING."

§':|SAi* ; -^^*ii'?,y*s^^^^ ' IP£S??P?r''?j6aye,;;;ra^ : •'Jire^ ; Boards v'yesterday' ' |pf./.!,^.;ifiernbpn;'wh"en;jt,Was .nnant.moiisly "resolved.•—. ' '''■' Resists, ■•:'■■' : ji'i ; .':p J '-'' , jfor,?improvements Ein^municipal*/by-laws,,.: pj%;;|-vTritH v a : ; yie'w; -\toVthe" prevention ■ of ;tho. ' '■, $9s,i?: : ißerious ;natib'rial;,waste ! \by; fire- ;\whioh ; ; has'-'•'• S?filKi,K^!eiivßoipg'^iriSNew-:Zealand." ■ < : >[ ;. }ji - : by Mr.;:R. Jrqjnv^of^Mastier'tonr^]-;''. : , : ; '].y '.': > : ; : y ■;•};''^,v: ■■' F.rC&Cray/; (Maori: |gH|tten»*;D^eain)\reraa^ed.(j;hß;time^hW'arrived' &HSSVf ineans i'of jprjv'endiig.r'as 'far. as"/possible, ;the r .m''the; ; paat iS§s<;j?linjm'^'tha.';' deVastatibn ; • 0f... fires,' ; . They. in';Neiy stood; fpjS-.rthan'.v-lanyy;;pthor ■;• in'j the; ■' world; |f>?;fvCompiitationej. l iiii; ;the> N t[nito4 ; :l?Kites/,ha4:-.ee_t; ■fg-Xj? dowh; tie °insuijanc»i'fiiejlpss«s ;ia-that, .country',; WftP aij;a v;-the >' popular, : JEufope the' ,15.,.6 d.. per .'[head.--. ■isfixSi;-- Zealand"cpMh rate, of lpse,peri.ahiinin;;,6yer"' the'past .uve/yeais. |£@T"l^.a ; ";ap;palling^7e;ff^ included , B@"!-':'*hfl;' Wg^fireV.'atJChrisjtchurch;..-..These -.figure",; fSsffiS WrMye'r.^rqpr.osenfed". (ilf-S-'l?!^-! I ' B ;! iowtiW?^'- ic6ii3patiies.-...Tltere iS-Sff-i fa>if??liJlosses/S.reprpsefltmg, .on,tan approxi-K[Stf-ißale,Somputatipni-'an,rincrease:of -33 1-3-,pei-j-SJ'l v1655;"0f.,i£55.e,G19./for. BJd/ per fk' l S&neafl/ij;'ve2,7sO,pOQvv J ii ifaot, i ■ had.,;gone --up ;• 'in". ii^f.^--M^j&Hf-'w^ted : ttollyjin yNe^Zealanid.; thousands", andvthou-; SS^S:-«a ; nds,;of^poundsvtha'tijieedindt ..beilbst.V There <their':bundirigs : "T^'. : Minister. fiT-vfcV'lnr-fcharse ; 'of':the''StateVl'jr'e -'Insurance-De-. i^'v'iPa'T.'^^-'Had'hfld'his ( atte'ntiori direpted %ss(&■ S^^S-Viiw.bnsvasptofa.^pf-'ifiro^p'revention^andi-fire^re*. , fes'.iy -eistancei- ' He"; hoped''.tKatf-a''Koyal .Coininission. teS^-|W!^d|;W'i»t'.'i>.;to4ny'^igateithe->irh6le-.'qTies-,' : MpA^>iw'^^-fy^^^':^;/^"r : . -■■';.. ; '•■■ ■■ :/, ;-:: ! e. ; othe M*> •''-- jpreyibus > spepier'.'VThe-fire-waste,in, this, coun%ii^Kiy'xMs f simply^ppallinit..pe. spjd; ! ; : : ; -. : 'p^ft^i;lft^E.;,^i;;'Smpspn'said ( ,that ;the insurance Ofi?' 'i' : i'cpflipinies''Ti-ere''not:altbEMh«r"free i ffom ; blimeindifference', > of '.-the >public, towards 'IOjSM '•• -tK'e'iatudy of :thisf,'pronlem; ; " : .Competition-'. probably responsible fs£«■?''fo'ri 'a'jlacjt ?of; : ,'cantipn/ViMthsregardito .the-. : a(!V ;«!SK';**P%ipe;bf 'certainVfire fislis. '.;■ x-'-\">., .' -. ''■ ; .' i ;:•: |fB?&fSM^-Gsldie;:(Atickland) ; .was not -to. t.'6fSv. ; favour ■; thp'.'mqtibn;'.'ae;,eipressed.; ;Was it .not jn ' the'.fights" of; local;. bodies ?■' yjisly^elt^h'e , B;%S said »with '•fegard' to'*.thev,^hortcbriiings' of < the' |^; : s i;^orjence^'waS:?-that^^ |ffiSi:amenrtblevto^ducatibti' i in ; rtW,: : -nia^ter'bf i^S?/^jn^^y-]aws'.a^<; : / : !;f:V^H{^;■:v'>v;'^■!S^ 8j;!?v.?. t'jte; (Dunedin)' ; advocited' a ;policy' ; j|®'iv;:pf;COtopejSti6pwith'!^ fey'iS/jsteadioftseefcingvforSexteridfldvpowers/^ 'as' Wi%s%?( fire!'•■boards, '"■■■• sjfould; r;w'o'r'k.'--han.d-in-hand : : 'with: .bodies'm-. theVniattef;.6f :the"'diminuv i .-;!--F-! , \V--'' 1 "f .','■'*';:■'s j : -' : if l?Sfc*%Mr;:;?.Ctiy,^spealdngSlaier-vpri^the'question;; :[«i:w?.-!widvtHat!;wha:t^ws';rey Stf iniibnildingr;cbnstrU(>tion Kl;"<ii'H-Bhbuld.'ibe; ; qlearly 'defined ?fbt'!>.the.'Jrifcrmtttion''/fS ; : ; ?-af;!-all!-'munjoipU;i,bodies,'i-wh^^^^^^ W?3si ■; by'Ww;; tp./.obs^ry'e/tjiese'principles'-wnen' !j|;'f:'Sv framing, their by-laws, and^granting'permits' for ; J;iß'J^Be*-bmldihgs.//-.V!i f y - fiji^''^-' l -' \\ ■■'■'■ :