FIRE BRIGADE.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1925, Page 3

FIRE BRIGADE.

TUESDAY. MAY 29th. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Brigade was held at the rooms, Town Hull at S p.m. Present —Supt. Braddoii. De-pmv-Supt. Williams and nineteen member-,. 'I he minutes were (oulirmed and the outward corespondetn c approved. i N WAR D CO if R FSPI >X DKX(' E. From Ilokilik.i llomugh Council acknowledging letter in eonm-etiou with the water supply. Received. Eron l Secretary U.F.R. enclosing copy of alterations to rules and report of tin' annual coillerem e. Received. FINANCIAL REPORT'S.

The Secretary submitted the balance sheet of the compel itiou. and also of the general account. The latter showed receipts amounted to Lb I 1 Is lid. and expenditure L’9l I is Rid. leaving a credit balaiue of L'9 llis Sd. Received. FOR EM EX'S REPORTS. The various foremen reported the g ( nr to lie in I order. AID GRANTED. Three appeals for aid were received and the sum of L'2 Is was voted Lhereto. ANNUAL REPORT. Superintendent Braddoii reported as follows : Since our last annual meeting we received only live fire call-, which is a little below llie average. These calls were answered with promptness ilia I is usual with this Brigade, and yoin ellicieiil work confined the outbreak to the building in which they originated. I d-sire to thank you all lor the

.rent interest yen continue to take in our work, which is shown most clearly hv your regular attendance at practice musters, the pleasing result, ol which is made manifest by the promptness in which von have suppressed all fires you have been called upon to light. Although the i "am that represented oi ! hrisi i hurrli in the demonstraheld there early tins year, wore not I'ortnuate enough to secure any honors, | key held an honorable position ip iiiauv ol the event-, and I will 1., 1 . 11, i ~ppi,iTuml \ lo I "Ut. lliai 111., orealesl benelil gained by brigades attending and competing at demons!i utions is not to be measured by honors won. but be the increased effieicnev gained hv the long practice and training that is necessary lor every team to undergo to enable them to (oinpeto with iiiiv elm nee ol success against the (towel- of New y.ealaml's lire serene vim they will be railed upon Lo Irv conclusions with : these remarks are especially applicable to our team this year a huge proportion of which consisted of unite young members, who by the constant practice they have gone through now rank in ability with the pick ol ibis brigade. \\'e have passed salely through a period of great anxiety to ourselves and of extremely grave danger to the town, caused by the water shortage, which was so acute that lor a long tine:- there was no water at all in the reservoir which reduced our utility ulnu >t to a vanishing point. Ihe ( "mini lias now however, brought m an auxiliary supply I rum the I’ower ( ompnuv's Race at Kanieri Forks, and are to b- congratulated on the improved position, and also for the expeditious manner that this has been accomplish-

ed. Before concluding 1 will pause here to express the very deep regret we felt, when a suggestion we made to Borough Council, of what appeared a way ol improving our eflieieiicy, was taken m a hostile spirit hv a section of the Council. In days gone by. the relations between Council and Brigade were so cordial that the Council looked to the] Brigade to make any suggestions that in our opinion made lor ebieioney , leaUsing that our knowledge was gained in the haril school ol practical expelieuce. and was therefore always worth i oiisideration. A pleasing feature of the year was the receipt by us of numerous letters of thanks for services rendered, and these il( . t s of courtesy we highly appreciate. In conclusion 1 wish to thank Deputy Snpt. Williams and each and all ol you for the courtesy and help so freely giv-

en to me. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The election of ollieers resulted as follows Superintendent. —Mr W. C. Brmldon. Deputy-Superintendent.— Messrs J. .1 Williams and 11. A. Thompson were nominated, the election being held over till the next practice night. Secretary.-Mr J. G. Dakin. The Superintendent moved a vote of thanks to the auditor. Foreman H. Thompson. Seconded by Secrets ry l.akin and carried. . Supt. Braddon and Secretary Dakin returned thanks for their election tor a further term. The roll was then called and the meeting terminated at 9.1.) p.m.