In the basement of a building in Wellington it was once customary for a number of lads to have their lunch. The scraps thrown away in a corner became the prerogative of a rat who waited for his lunch until the basement was vacated. But to reach his meal the rat, journeying from a hole in the ceiling, made a connection ’between two wirps connected with an .automatic 'fire alarm. Day after day at about the same hour the fire brigade received a call to this building, only to find no fire, and it was some time before the cause of these false alarms was discovered.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3790, 10 May 1928, Page 4
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106Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3790, 10 May 1928, Page 4
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