Didn’t Want the Eggs Spoilt.
A good story is told concerning the members of the fire brigado in a certain town nob far from Hastings. l On one occasion ib appears a fire broke out in the town, and a rush was naturally mado for the fire engine, which was always kept on the premises of one of the inhabitants, Wneri the men attempted to take the engine out, • however, thoy were mot with tho exclamation from the custodian, ‘ He, ye can’t take that out. I’ve got a hen sitting in it. I can’t have her disturbed.’ Tradition avers that the men, seeing the force of this argument, instantly withdrew, and the fire was put out by means of pails of water drawn from a neighbouring well.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 473, 21 May 1890, Page 3
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127Didn’t Want the Eggs Spoilt. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 473, 21 May 1890, Page 3
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