100 FALSE ALARMS
LIST FOR ONE YEAR IN CHRISTCHURCH Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. In the Children’s Court, two boys admitted giving 10 false alarms. The fire brigade superintendent, Mr. Warner, gave evidence that there had been more than a hundred false alarms in a year, resulting in great cost to the brigade. The actual expense of turning out amounted to £6 for each occasion. Three men had been killed in New Zealand when fire brigades had been responding to false alarms. The boys were placed under the control of the Child Welfare Officer.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 11
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93100 FALSE ALARMS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 11
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