FIRE BRIGADE MATTERS
Per Press Association. Wellington, March 14. Speaking at the Fire Brigades' dinner last evening on the F.re Brigades' D.ll, which comes into operation in May next, Mr 11. T. Simpson, a leading representative 'of the insurance 1 - companies, spoke strongly against the treatment the companies had received, lie said that at the present time there was no margin of profit in ihe "nisxness done by the companies, and now this new liability was imposed, and it was imposed without consulting the companies, despite their long experience. They had to abide by the circumstances here or leave. He mentioned that the companies here had made no undue charges, and that the competition already established would prevent anything oi that kind. Mr Brindley, manager of the State Insurance Department, said the companies had brought this thing on their own heads. They had 'tried to oust the Government from its position. If the companies had conducted their business as the Government had done, they would have hail a credit instead of a debit. While he always favored fair rates, he opposed drastic rates or monopolies. Some time ago the rates were ltis in the Xorth Isi-.aid and 1:1s Kd ill the South; now the iates wereßs 18d. The insurance companies had themselves to blame for tiiis. The I superintendent of the Brigade stated ! stated that the Wellington Brigade
had been called out 21S times last year. (If that number 112 were for actual lires in buildings. The average, lie said, was far too high for a city like Wellington; in fact, New Zealand had an unenviable reputation for lires. Referring to the number of calls J i-jls) the brigade "nad hail during the ! vear. he said it compared unfavorably I with Bradford, a city of 300.0110, which . ha-! only 31 call*. Not only WeliingI ton, but the whole colony, had a very I unenviable reputation for fires.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 15 March 1907, Page 3
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317FIRE BRIGADE MATTERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 15 March 1907, Page 3
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