FIRE BRIGADES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 9

FIRE BRIGADES.

— : I : THE COMPETITION WINNERS. ■ (By Telesrejjh.—Pros# As&Jciatlot.) ■. ■; s . . Auckland, February 8. The firo, brigades' demonstration concluded,; yesterday. Two New Zealand records were broken. In the ladder race the record time ofi'7 2-ssec. .was reduced to 7scc., and in the two-men rescue event the record of 22scc. was reduced to 21 4-ssac. Grey Lynn won the Auckland Shield, and tho winners of tho principal prize-money wore as followDannevirke, £36; DunedinSouth, £35; Thames, £15; l'etone Railway. £12; Waihi, £10. The results were as follow; — Hose reel and ladder event for fivo mon—Dannevirke (penalty, one second), total timo lmin. 7sec., £lu. Dunedin South, lmin. 0 l-sscc., £10. Grey Lynn, lmin. 11 3-ssec., £5. Dovonport, £2 10s. Tho others in order were: Newmarket, Waihi, Onehunga, Te Aroha, Gisborne, Thames, Hawera, Mt; Eden. Hose hydrant and union event, for' tlireo men—l'etono Railway, 48 3-ssec., £9. Waihi, 48 <l-sse<\, £6. Dovonport, 51 4-ssfcc.; £3. Haivera'(penalty, 2sec.), 53 1-oseo., £2. . Rescue event for two men—Onehunga, 21 4-tisoc., £5. Hawei;a, 22 3-Dsec., £3. To Aroha, £2. Gisborne, £1. Ladder race for" one man —Waihi (S. Saunders), 7sec., £1. Newmarket, £3. To Aroha, £2., ilawora, £I.* Hose hydrant and union event, for five men—Dunedin South, 38 l-550c., £15. Dannevirke, 39 l-tssec,, £10. Hamilton, 40 4-ssoc., £3. Groy Lynn, £2 10b.