LOWER HUTT VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 25, 14 November 1929, Page 2

LOWER HUTT VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE.

24tlv ANNUAU RE-UNTON

Tho tvonty fomtli annual 10 union of tbc Lowci Hutt Volunteei Fiie Bn^ado uas held at the rue M .it ion on Thm<div moiling li-^t The Station piosonl 0(1 a« \oiy fta\ tppenamo ltn tno ,nful flig and fom decoiation- In tlit» contie of tlic loom \us i i.o\o] Mectuc (hiui'diuM in uli up of mjmi.Uo put1- of (Iv fin lnj/itui" ,ipx)li<mcob Tl ]-. w i-. i^eafh 'idnmol and §a\ c di-s 1 him to thi ''t wiation1U'*j tho lo^ il toa«t had boen honrouicd In The (onii»*n\. Si ]) m Jiitondcnt Spun i'\*fiio-.* c d n.r ni£> Wo :\l.\ii iipl vpiv'stnt him •> ot the ( duiK 1 tl-o fi mi u'm-i iVf bn^doMiicn1 lioni other rcnlic pic-cnl H' fhc Vpoloftie- wok lcccivcd tiom Rnpeiuitcii'lont fu\ko of Well . j>«ton Bu^fido, C^ A J Hol»b- and \[r Hdi man ' Deploy Supenntfinleiit Dni.ui piopo-> orl tin- toa>t of the Luvei Hutt Boiough Council, coupler! vjth.tKe name of the Mivor Ho thaulcod th»? (\mncil lor it(onsidoidc tio.itmcut of the Bnsjado ii ill times md -.poke of t^e J>ooA finlin^ thai iM^tcil bet^oon tho two bodies. - The irajoi (Sji Vie \ Kobnts), io spoiwlcd to tho loa-at md said ho T\as \ci\ much iii'diiu^t when ho sai,*! that the L,oi\e[ Hutt Boiough Counojl is v'eiy pioud of ir^ Fnv Bngado. There is no better \ olmileei five brigade in No\r Zealand and tiie Council will always do its shsuc to aa&i^t the bTioadc His AVoiship fuithca stated that thoir no moie nnpoitant seivice than that londeied by the merabctrs of tho fire bugade and Tic thanked tiiem for their 'valued services Cr. Mcßain also speke oi the valaablo '-woik done by the Biisado and said that the people of thi-, hoipiigh can go to bed quite content, feeling i senf»e of secunty that they -have an efficient fire bug.id a ieady to Unn out at any lioiu foi the piotection of then propei ty < Foi emnn Tv. Do ran pioposed the toast of the Fnc Pie\ention Coniniittee^ *Ci. Patiack lesponded m the absence of Cr. A^ T Hobbs r Chairman ol the^ Committee, and <?aid that as a nsvf member ,of the Council -he had been struck with, the \oiv small cost of the fire brigade to the ratepayers and he questioned very much, whether a volun teer fire "brigade, was mn as economic ally in any other boiough in 3STew Zea land. He pointed out that as bhe boiough. was growing so rapidly, it might soon be necessary to extend the Tougade and possibly a permaneirt bri, ga-de. be roquiyed in tho near fu tuTe. The Mayor presented to the following the service bar won during the year:— ,

Assistant Fireman Meet, VhV had completed :£3 years service; Fireman T. Fleet, ye^ars : sei'viee;. Motorman A. \yyatt, 9 years service;. Fireman W. irullnnoy. 7 ycari seTyic6 and Fireman T. Alatoi'inaekv Certificates -were imariiod to -Fireman Fra.ncis ; F, C. Hay ; M. Syniion, anid F; Pelhajn.-

, The toast ot flic "Visiting Bugadcs" wa^i loyponded to by Pupteimtendent (limiui of Petono, Mi Bitteisbv, Cast bourne ,mil Lient. Guthiie and Mt. T. Shnu, jinn , Uppei Hutt

i[j Koboi-t Ban lay an ox munibei of the Tijniiu Biigadc, and one who has tdL.cn, a. \cjv keen iiitcic^-t m fire brigade < ouipetition^ thious>hout the Doimnion, pioposed' 'the 'toast oi the Lout'i Hutt Fiic Bugade and *>poke oi tho o i owing iosj)on"aibi]itv ot the l)iioa<l.e owing to the iapid qrowtii of the <bsfn<± and said that last vcar's btati&tifes showed that the building peimits issued in fhe borough placed Lowes Hutt in tho thud place for the Donun idn He had nevei- known a keener bod> of bugadesmon than weie in the lonl bugade and he ■would not be su pused to see them somo day seeuie the ChamiJion^hip loi« Zealand

The \rayoi" baid. that he wished to pioposea personal toast to Supoimte'rul ent-SHnn as the Lowei Hutt "had a very gioat deal +o thank him foi and ho ■vs zshod him many yeais of health to f auv on the valuable woik

Duiiny iho iwonmg a Bumbev of reminiscent were told and songs md lepit.ition^ "sveie lendeied by Baiton uuigei. t> fciaik, ton ILu'hoirl and D Foley