FIRE BRIGADE APPLIANCES
MOTORS V. HORSES. EXTENSIVE*-IMPROVEMENTS IN AVEI/LINGT-ON, (Per Press Association.) AVE-LLINGTON, Ma- G. Tho City Council to-day received a report from Air Hugo, superintendent of the fire brigades, suggesting tbe substitution of motors all round for horses. He furnished figures showing that >a motor service would cost the city £350 less per year than one in which horses were partially used. In addition 'greater expedition could -be attained' in getting to fires. He advised the purchase of three new motors and proper facilities for fire prevention in the suburbs, and declared that what he 'recommended was nothing more than what was -absolutely demanded by the present requirements of the district. TQic total cost of the improvements and extensions suggested was set down as follows: capital cost £2912, increased annual expenditure £916. Superintendent Hugo’s recommendations were adopted.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2184, 7 May 1908, Page 2
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138FIRE BRIGADE APPLIANCES Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2184, 7 May 1908, Page 2
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