THE FIRE BOARDS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 244, 20 November 1909, Page 6

THE FIRE BOARDS

COXFEIiEXCE AT W'ELUXOiO.V By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, November 111. At the conference it was reported tha the expenditure of the eighteen li, | boards in Xew Zealand for tlie vcar end eil :10th dune. 1D()!), amounted 'to C-Mi 024 Rlsi Sd. Of this amount the (,'overnment only contributed .C 1217, while tic cities and boroughs paid £12.40" I-is 7' nm] the insurance companies ci.i.4o- - Sd. The expenditure of the boards for the vcar IMO-10 will eonsidcraH exceed that, of the last financial veil.-. licsolntions \yviv carried as follows:••Tlinl property owners insuring wit ; - offices not registered iu the dominio' should have to pay to the board sm-h a s'nm as would be levied on them wer. they insured by a company having no representative in New Zealand." '' That the financial year of the boards close on March 31st.' instead „f Jinllllth." The Masterton and Palmerstoii boards, both suggested the establishment „f ;, Xew Zealand Fire Boards A a, ialiou ' on the lines of the MnnHpal As-oiation. Several delegates expressed the opiiiui that, the tinio was premature for I u formation of such a body, lit was derided lo refer the matter'lo the f'hri.tchurch Board, to be placed before the various boards with a view to the formation of an association. 'The resolutions come to at tlie conference are to be drafted out bv the Christ church members of the conferee-n. ami a deputation witl be arranged to wait on the Hon. D. Buddo to lay them be fore him.