PETONE FIRE BOARD

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2185, 25 June 1914, Page 6

PETONE FIRE BOARD

ANNUAL sl£ETf#G.

The nraaal.nie.otJM gf tfe Peteiie ~ fitfmrn, m w€m ■■$& Mmiiop: Bu'iKiiifrif,. fttqho., yesterday aft^riujoti':' there w*a preset; Messrs, WEwaA (ohairaisa), if. Fiiidfef. A. Audcrsou. tt, li Kempthot-ne, T. Chins, 0; SiiiMj. and 11. Slothes. ' . ' It wai jK&altf&d ta siappfy tjin- PljQUiiis Assurance uoinp&ny ivitli partkmlais of iho brigade and its oqUipraeiit, j> a .ap.pfieataoH by the ferigado foi- a, siJSJ" sitffieipui to cere* the hjimiaj sx\hBoripfcidti Us the association, arid' llio pwdiase, .0! leiig"scryico ?iieiij.3 aiid tKirSi iy-as agrcod to- • A.deputation, coiisistiiJg o.f Jiqssrs. Sislwood (secretary) and. Gaynoitf (assist--B*Woremiij, waitccl. upeiv the tqafd' to r-entjlitto a)-leg(»d griovwnecs lyjjreh the firemen ..desired rectifvod., Cepl-nlaiiit was niade of tlic maiHici , ia wiliofi fi'ro-. Wen wliQ afttai'lpd fees jvc-!.:8 phid, and tljo question of iftisbi'iftg the isieii \v.as also brought forn-ai'd. ■ ' ' ■ 31t. &vbvea4 slatct! tjist fircm.9ll wli.o had bocii tlvwrttt at fe«s, niitltflio ivere inssfjaeitatcd for less- tijicn wven froiii foWo«'iiig tbe.if eftplaynicni had to E-tsind tho loss' ftbwsclveSj. and v<?.te anxious te laav® tic loss of wages,cove«jl by. insurance.—tto iioayd #cidca in eensifk'ir fte qfe-stfen,.and p'aiit. tJlio Request, if fowid. lio&siblG % ttcaiis of HiKtii-aHco. t).tlier «oßiplattitg, arc to t-e p!:i«cd Ireforc t?io. tei'd i;n. witting. Messrs. f B. Mswati a».a B/Jfolfes «•««! aii'pi3in;te4 a. eoihteitteo •to tltaft by-jaivs aovcrniiig Ikwk] iflsttecSi ■ The (ftiesMon of; procuring i> 'iiiot.6r fire-ftiiEiiH.c was brought.'.forward liy Jti , . Jf'iiwlta.v, who moved: "Ttt ii motpv firo-oiiEiile lie ptimtd." , After jsouio cliscfl'.ssion, it was rcselved: .to -.place £100 on. the esttnvate us, the fiticleus for the pweliase of .an. oiigino qt- same ■hituffc date. . . Superintowlfpt popper,. In Bfe inireport, ?hrtod' tt.a-t the natal Stamgtß of the Iwigadij w-as iiventy,txro, and that Jthfifß .tad liecii no , ae<riflcivts'to thp jnerierf a $_e.H:ou-s iratare ivhik nitoiittipg .fires during the yupi. Delav !iad be'ffli oatisftd in ■ccuttecttog firemen's reSflfeueesM'itb the sysiim, tbrmigh the iwrt ; a| ; riydj ofpdw. h is SHKKcstei tte a smijbe-iidtnet- he pittcliiEed, iftt a «ost of ;S2fe ''I'wetttii** tau. fifes had teejr attended , "urate fhepast twelve moiiths, and a sAvtag 6f pyopOTy to tlie■'extent ef £1»,i5315' 'fis effected. ' ' .