Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 37, 10 September 1889, Page 3

Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade

LIEUTENANT t MOREY/S MEDAL. The competition for the medal presented tothetßrigade by "Lieutenant Morey took ■pla^e!| on Saturday, afternoon in Messrs St»yensand ; Gorton's paddock, adjoining *he Denbigh Hotel: the aftersoon was iShovvery- arid a 1 keen'cold wild was blowingj^there-'Was a tolerably good and among, the, spectators we noticed several members of. the fair box -who. took Ta'jlively ' interest -in 1 ' the'prdceed--ings. Captain; »JSray ;andj Lieutenant Morey were^'tiie judges,, and Mr.G.W. Fowles^timekee'per. The ' following are particulars «£ ;the. 'time occupied by ; each «ompetitor : iii the,!' one man practice "-: — Q^^j3hearer;(s7£ sees.) " A penalty of . -6 sec£ was ; added, because ;he unscrewed ... jthe branch afteir he, had finished, as is the i>^sVL9iqm}w& l iinflerstandj at practice. Mr ' another Jtiry after, the, others had finished; rin'd*":did .the'iwork in. 61£ sets. The difiference 1 in^'time./was accoumted for by'fes L having'hurt his hand durmg;ihje.first.effort;i° ; ;; ' L Bobert Whisker I "J ; ' ' H.i.- '■■■' "' ..; " ' 60£ sees. ■Charles Bray/junr. ;.; r- ... 64 „ Geo.H.. Say well. .;;-■... 72 „ John Bartholomew; (in eluding a ! ' ■' penalty^ of 5. sees., for a'turn ■'■' ' injtlieinbse),^ •;.. .•.'•••.;■. 64J „ — Cornish \ ;...-•;• ;;.i-v..w70| w Ben'jGosUngi '...-«;.;■ '!•.•« .^ :.. 72J '„ I"reajKeen^^..^ Mn'.i v- ~^.i>>l&" ,; ''' Mr.Bobert "Whisker was therefore de-, •clared the winner;* ■■■ ■ ■-"-'■''■ '; ,V . ' There c»n be no 'question' each .man did. liis work- wenv'butwe d.6 not ; . think, only one competition in 1 ah affair of this, kind gives the best man a fair, 'chance of winning; ?■>' There roughY' to ' be' 'three trials at the least, 'W that- 'if ' : by ' any' accident a competitor 'is thrown behind by * penalty, lie may?-spull''np- : in- the' succeeding .ones. i would' ihaye the same 1 advantages,, while J .the winner' would then .earn the prizeby 'His own eftof t^ unassiskd^y , ihe misfortunes oosf s other competitors! .