INSURANCE COMPANIES.
A “FUNNY INCIDENT."
(Par Press Association.) Wellington, last night. At the fire brigade dinner last night, Mr J. W. Brindley, manager of the State Insurance Department, was set down to reply to the toast of the insuraooe companies. This has raised the ire of some at least of the insurance managers, and one writes to the Post in this strain :
“ Funny incidents do occur occasionally, but I have never heard of anything more laughable than the circumstances of Mr Brindley, the State Fire Insurance manager, replying at the annual fire brigades' dinner last evening to the toast of‘lnsurance Companies.’ A toast is usually understood to be complimentary, and the person who acknowledges it to represent those toasted, but Mr Brindley, so far from representing the insurance companies, conducts an institution most strongly antagonistic to them.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1400, 10 March 1905, Page 2
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