FIRE BRIGADES COMPETITION AT NAPIER.

Kumara Times, Issue 2887, 29 January 1886, Page 2

FIRE BRIGADES COMPETITION AT NAPIER.

[from our own correspondent.] Napier, January 27. HOSE REEL PRACTICE, FOR FIVE MEN. First prize.—Handsome trophy, five gol.l medals, and £BO c;ish, tStal value, £lls. Second prize.—Handsome trophy, 5 silver medals, and £lO cash, total value, £3O. Third prize.—Handsome trophy, aud £lO cash, total value, £lO. Total value for event, £165. Dunedin, 55secs. ... 1 South Dunedin, 59 sees. 2 Napier, 59 4-5 sees. ... 3 Kumara, 66 sees, (ninth) Ballarat City, Spit, and Naseby were disqualified. January 28. HOSE AND LADDER PRACTICE FOR FIVE MEN. First Prize.—Five gold medals and £6O cash; second prize. Trophy and five silver medals, and £5 cash. Third prize, trophy and £5 cash. Ballarat City, 36 4 5 sece. 1 Ballarat East, 37 sees. ... 2 Nhpier, 38 sees 3 In this event Kumara had a fast run down, 17 seconds, but owint* to the hydrant man being over anxious he had the water on the branchman when within two feet of the platform, and all within 30 seconds. The water had to be turned off twice to enable them to show. ENGINE PRACTICE, DRY, FOR ONE MAN. First Prize, £11; second prize, £6; third prize, £3—in each case trophy or money. Rangiora, 52 sees. ... 1 Kumara, 53 sees. ... 2 Spit, 55 sees. ... 3 Kumara was greatly cheered at this result, as it had been considered a certainty for the Spit. It was their own engine, very large, and heavy gear, aud double as hard to work as the Kumara gear. LADDER RESCUE RACE, FOR TWO MEN. First prize, trophy value £2O ; second, £10; third £6; trophies all presented by the ladies of Napier. Napier, 24 sees. ... 1 Ballarat City, 26 1-10 sees. 2 Napier, 27 4-5 sees, (second team), ... 3 It seemed a sort of surprise to the public when 1-10th of a second was marked on the board. HOSE AND HYDRANT PRACTICE WET, FOR TWO MEN. First prize, trophy valued £ls ■ second prize, £10; third prize, £5 ss. Napier, 21 sees 1 Ballarat City, 22 3-5 sees. 2 Dunedin, 22 4-5 sees. ... 3 Kumara, 25 1-5 sees. ... 4 The Kumara team are considered as smart a team as there is on the ground • but they should have been here at least a week sooner, as th«y had no time to have hydrant practice.