FIRE BRIGADES COMPETITIONS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2

FIRE BRIGADES COMPETITIONS

CONCLUDING KYKXTS. Per Press Association. Chrislchurch, March 22. The- competitions under the auspice* of the New Zealand Tire Brigades' Association were brought to a highly successful conclusion this evening. Following are the results of tile day's proceedTHree Men Hydrant and Union "Even. Timaru, 33 2-ssec * Caversham, 31 3-ssec 2 Napier, 33 l-ssec ° Kastown Railway, l-sse<- ...... 4 As will be noted, Napier and Kastown Hallway, iW l-s*ec Wanganui, latter preferring not to run oil', gave Napier fourth money by default. Alarm and Disabled Hose, lor five men. First, CIO; second, ;C2II; third, .1)10) fourth £10; fifth, ;C;>. Dunedin City, 57 l-ssec 1 Christcluirch. I>2 l-.lsec - Dunedin City. <)3 2-osee J Timaru, fi4 2-osec 4 (i'.cvmouib, (»." 1-usec . .. !i Also competed: Napier, 08 l-osee (blurt 2-ssec (3sec), St. Kilda, Si)sec fSsLc}, I'almeiston North, S3sec Spit, 1)5 4-.'>S Also hUirted: Paine.l, C.nerslmS, -M exandva. Pecjne, llautika. Nasel>\ ; Dauu»>vjrkc Lytlelton Wailu, Kangiora and Hastings. lh.se, Hydrant and I'liion. For five men. First .1)33, second .U2O, third £ls, fourth £lO, fifth Cf>. . Lyttelton, 32 l-osee 1 annevirke, 32 2-osec 2 New Plymouth, 33 l-asec 3 Hillside Railway, 33 4-ssce •\ Dunediu Citv, 34see •">

The following teams competed in the order named:—'Waipawa, Iftscc (including '.lsee penalty), Clyde, W.) 4-ssec\ Davcapovi, -i/scc, Auckland City, Tf 2-« ! >y;t rjscc), Fetone Railway, s(isee (osec), Nvhon, 42sec (Iscc), (Jeraldine. M 11-5 sec (4sec), Dunedin South. 40 l-.Vee tJ i-ec), Caversham. 31 .l-ssee (Ise;), Leastown Railway, Msec (*}sec), Waihi, 'M 4-osec (Jscc), Wangv.t li. u.")s».e, F« liil iston North, 114 l-ose(. Christchurch, Jti o 5 -.ee (:isec), St. ICilda, :il IS .'s U Hawera, US l-osee '.Usec). Va.ii. r. .'V> il-i sec (-Im'c). Stratford. :17 -1 ">sec I'J seeAlso started; Naseby, IVt me. hiV'.-r ■"•argii! Railway, Mt Kdeu, J)unedin Railway, Oamaru, Additigtoi>u liailway, 'I i main iiiiil'V,i\. lJ.»tea,Carierton. Fit/.rov, 1 awience. »lokitika, Ricimond, Spit. Gisb'j'.nc, I'arnell. Kastown Uaihvav, Napi-'r Kailway, Ha->."-fugs, Ciore, Rangiora, (ireym-jiith, Pahi atui, Au-Jvlend Uailway, T-.r.jaru, Rojlyn, Alexandra, Ash!, l i ten.

Consolation Kvent.— [lose, Hydrant,an 1 Union. For live men. First priz-.e, C2f\ second Cl 5, third .CtJ, fourth .C 7, fifth X 5. Caversham, iJUsee 1 Kastown Railway, 32sec - Auckland, 4-ssee

Ilokilika and .Mnstcrton tied at, 32 4-5 sec, anil divided liilh money. Westport, Siheoc l'-sce), Pet,me Uaihvav, 38 I-Ssce, Hillside Railway, Jlsee (2sec), Parnell, 10 2- 5 see, Nelson 35 l-ssec (Isec), Cisborne, 3S -1-Ssec (2sec), l'aliiatua, -14 4-5 11 sec), .Stratford 3ii t-.'isec, Napier 34 2-ssec (2sce), Xasebv, 30 3-ssei:'(2 see), Alexandra, 38 3-oscc (4sec), Dunedin South, 35 3-ssee, St. Kilda, 37 -l-sscc ( Iseel, anil Spit 35 4-ssec also competed in the iir-icr named. Also started: llangiorn, I.aivrcncc, Hastings, Auckland, I'almerstou North, Lden Terrace, I'ilzvov, ('hristehiircn, Petoue, Duncdiu, Fe'ildiug, and Asliburtou. Disqualified: Addingion Railwiy. Oeraldiiie, InveiviU'gill Railway, (lore and Waihi. In the rescue eftiit decideit yesterday, Stratford and Waihi tied at -ii 2-ssec for fourth place. in the run-oil this morning, Stratford won in 20 l-sscc, Waihi putting up 27see.