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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1363, 2 October 1883, Page 2

Tkkrh appears t*» be a great diversity of opinion as to the deg-ee of necessity which exists for the erection of a sec md fire bell f.other up the town. Toe new bell will, perhaps, meet the difficulty «'U account of U* extra sonornusn-ss of tone which will, no doubt, carry its warning notes three times t"e distance of the old era ked one. As a t .oroiigh test of its powers, we would advise t iat, as s<>on as the new one is properly hung, it be rung at a certain stated hour, of which due notice »anb* given through the Press. By this means it will be ascertained, beyond a doubt, to what distan- e the alarm can be conveyed by it. In the event of ff-8 tone not reaching to a reasonable radius, then it will undoubtedly become incumbent on the Council to erect another one further up the town, ; so that ad ratepayers may have the B»me facilities for giving alarm and receiving assistance in case of fire.