FALSE ALARMS
75 GIVEN IN TWELVE MONTHS)^ CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. The twenty-second annual report of the Superintendent of the Christchurch Fire* Board, dated April Ist. states that the total number of cdlls received was 321./ Of these, 176 were for actual fires in or on property, 15 were chimney fires, 33 were rubbish, grass and hedge fires, and 97 were false \ alarms, of. which 73 were given maliciously. Fires were classified as, follows: Trifling damage 129, slight damage, 30, considerable damage 17.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1929, Page 4
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82FALSE ALARMS Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1929, Page 4
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