CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE PROPOSED FIRE BRIGADE.

TO THE EDITOR. g IR j n your Friday’s issue I noticed that there had been n. meeting of the Borough Councillors in reference to the Fire Brigade. The list of requirements supplied by Captain Winter, as absolutely necessary for the efficient working of the Brigade is most mo derate in its demands ; but there are one or two things I take exception to. I do not see why anything skould be paid to the Engineer or a Drill Instructor, both of whom should give their time the same as their brother firemen. The hosemen and branchmen have just as hard work as the engineer. If there must be some one paid, let bins be custodian of the engine shed, and a man able to drive the engine. A drill instr uotor would be of no use, because, as the cap tain of the Napier Brigade ouce slated, each Brigade required a different kind of drill according to the moans possessed of see aring water, or the nature of the country. With additional hose, aud twenty good men, the engine could be made to throw a jet over the Royal Hotel.—l am, etc., An Ex Fireman.