State Fire Insurance.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7762, 14 March 1905, Page 2

State Fire Insurance.

ADVOCA'I'HU MY 'PHK 3d A YOU. Ai I i.-t night's meeting of (lip !tul» ough Council a letter whs ioa«1 from fk* i liussell, local ag\wi( tor Hie Mule I' ii'e insuitinco Office, sriy-iie-T l hut he hud been instructed by we general manager to approach mo council with u view to obtaining its support the instltuflon. ' ««atod that „* t he Insurance on tho both*, for iIOOO, l' an out luHt week tho IV>wa Clerk by inatruoUon, insured them übh ino State Fir,- liiKiiranct* Ofltoe. lie thought (hMt where (he council hid properly it might Inwiiv w ( t || ( |ie Uox ernuicnt. In (he cu». of nruiK-r----,ty leased (ho tenants should |n> «|- lowoil to insure in w hielievcr offlue thvy plea soil. Cr. Mcilley : Why should (lny lie obliged to insure with (lie Movent* incut V 'Che Mayor said they wore dependent on (he (lovcrmiMfit for uuiny filings, and the Statu Kirc Insurance (ttllrv hud n (i iidency to hrealc up a ver.\ hard and fast monopoly, and he was very plea wed to me tbit (ho Government had Mtought tht Ibbtitutiou into exinlvnce. lie «an , now, able (o insure his place for 38 l-:i |ier rent, less than he could a month ago, und that reduction Wat a great satisfaction to hint, should never have got thia cooewbion were it not forced tij' (lie Uo> voriimenl's action. They as a coui>- - cil had been s-upporting the Ore Urigade for jearg, and yet when he *u a member of the 1 ndenn-riUT*' Association that body would not eov> tribute ono penny lo Mupport the Ore brigade, Itocaiibo a good Are wan a good advert iwvuent for thcni and mudc tho people clamour to fnwire. lie hopud tho Oovcrament would derive such additional revenue from thin Kourco as would enable It to u< vial towards the upkeep of brigade*. The action of the Mayor in directing the policy to l>e taken up at tho Uovernwent office was confirmed,*^^