SMALL FIRE LOSS
FEILDING'S GOOD YEAR
(Special to the,"Evenlnp Post.")1
PALMERSTdN,-N,,- .This Day"/:
: :■' Feilding's : small fire. loss for the' twelve months ended. March 31: was commented upon .at the annual meeting of the.'Feildirig ,Fire Brigade. :The loss amounted to £127,:- on' buildings' and £80 on .contents. ..Mr. D, S. N A . McCartney,..' representing ' the .Fire Underwriters,. Stated; that Feilding'was on the same rate as some: parts .of Wellington,: where there was a more efficient, fire-fighting service as weir as a"1 betted water supply.::-The rate for a.fully detached .dwelling..in Feilding was as low as .anywhere, else in New Zealand. It was pointed put thatWest- :- port, which had ;the- same population as Feilding, had. a fire'loss last year .of ,£6000.:. '■■■■•;. '. V ..' :': ',', ,-. y-.
The chairman (Mr. W. E, Cartele.vir) commented, that it was extraordinary that the. fire loss in New Zealand was low during the: years of depression and' high during "the boom yeaifs.f.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 11
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151SMALL FIRE LOSS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 11
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