THE LATE FIRE BRIGADE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Now that we have disbudad, I out state plainly what I think, and that is, that the Borough Council are greatly to blam* in not having done more for u*. W* are to work for nothing, destroy our cloth**, nm personal dangers, and for what I For th* benefit of the ratepayers, who, I f**l sirarud, would not growl if a sufficient sum war* voted to fit us out, a* w* ought to b*. W* want a uniform, and we want water, or, *t anyrate, some means of catting at It. Fancy a man going into a burning bunding without a helmet, whj It would be medusa*. If w* are to ba of any service l*t us b* properly treated. If w* are not, then I shall n*v*r again be A Fireman,
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1270, 8 February 1883, Page 2
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139THE LATE FIRE BRIGADE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1270, 8 February 1883, Page 2
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