THE MAY-OATWAY FIRE ALARM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 41

THE MAY-OATWAY FIRE ALARM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The indefatigabe euergj displayed In Mr G. H. Oatway has brought the Mav-Oatway fire alarm into favour the world over. Photographs of two Government building* in Pretoria, of which guile a number are installed with the invention, are reproduced elsewhere, aud g.ve -jome idea of the opinion the Government officials and fire officers in Sou+h Africa hold of Ite May-Oatway alarm. Only recently permission was given the May-Oatway Company to fix instruments in the Fire "Brigade -watch rooms in South Africa, and the latest advicps shov the utility of this The chief officer of the Pretoria Fire Brigade, Mr Charles Bermngton. writes • " I had a call by your system the other night to the old Government buildings. This is a very large building containing Parliament halls, etc The fire took place on the third storey owina: to a paraffin stove exploding. The May-Oatway fhebell alarmed the police on beat and the caretaker, who extinguished the fire before our arrival, four minutes later. Damage, £4 " Nothing could more clearly demonstrate the (merit of the lmention. aud it will interest very many of our readers to learn not only how a New Zealand, but a Duredin invention, is succeeding in other parts of the ■world The authorities have now recommended the May-Otway for -the protection of the 300 schools throughout the Transvaal Mr Oatway has also made a beginning in Canada, Sir Wm. M'Donald's lal"ge wareLouse there having been installed at very considerable cost. This building has a floorage of nearly 10 acres, and is the largest installation of automatic alarms on the American mainland. It is of interest to note that the record for the largest installa-