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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 January 1913, Page 3

lleathelea wool is rolling into Levin to-day. Heathorlen's tat bullock comes in to-morrow for exhibition at the Show for puzzlement of weight guessers. A new advertisement is to hand from Mr T. Ham-is, butcher, "Gut owing to press of work it is held over to-day. Mr Alfred Webb, superintendent of the .Sydney Metropolitan Fire .Brigade, died last week. 'Mr Wehb had been ailing for some time past, aiiid to a great extent had been relieved from Active duty, but his death was quite unexpected. Deceased. who was sixty-three yeans of age. was born on April 2fsth, 18uD, at Duinstable. Herefordshire (longlaud). Before coming to Sydney he had seen upwards of fourteen years' service in the London Fire Brigade, and Joined the local brigade on January 2(jtTi., 1888, as principal foreman. Altogether he had seen forty years of fire brigade service. Mr Webb was appointed superintendent of the brigade on September 27th, 1898, a position he occupied up to the time of his death.