UNITED FIRE BRIGADES DEMONSTRATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1702, 23 February 1888, Page 2

UNITED FIRE BRIGADES DEMONSTRATION.

CHRISTCHURCH, F»b. 21. Five thousand people attended the Fire Brigades demonstration on the old agricultural show gnunds to-day. The events began late, and were got off very slowly. Water was pumped to the hydrant from a sunken tank by a steam fire engine. The main burst during the first event. The following are details ; Hose and Htdrant, for teams of 5 men. Dunedin City, 55 3-sth sec ... ... 1 Port Chalmers, 71 sec ... .... ... 2 Only the two teams named finished. Manual Engine (dry); First prize, trophy (value £5 ss) and £3 cash ; second, silver hand engine (value £4 4s) and £1 10a Foreman Cow (Christchurch) 46 2-sth sec 1 Foreman Barry (Spit) 47 3-sth sec ... 2 Thirteen others competed, among them being Foreman T. Gunnion of Temuka, who finished in 63 4-sth sec.

Life-saving ;. pvm £2O cashChristchurch, 3min 10‘3-sth Sec ' 1 Port Chalme'rs, stnin 30 4-sth see ... 2 Wellington,’ 6mitf'43 14)fch sec ' ... . 3 There were no other competitors. Ladder Rescue, for 2 men ; first prize, two silver medals (value £2 2s) and £8 cash ; second, £4. Dunedin Oily, 20 secs ... ” ... 1' Napier and Timaru, 21 secs (eqiial) ... 2 Representatives of sixteen other brigades competed. Tempkr'finished in 23 2-sth sebohds. / ; - f ■ ■ ’

The Napier 1 and' Timaru loams have protested 'against Dunedin rec'eiving tbo first prizej on the grdiiiid thttt'the Dunedin team started before the pistol was fired,' v ■ . ■ / •, February 22. r At the Fire Brigades’ /Demonstration this morning the Dunedin City team was disqualified in the Ladder,Rescue event for bad workmanship. Napier and Timaru rah off.the.tie, Napier 20 2-stho sec. 1, Timaru 20 4-sths sec. 2.

Manual Engine, for five men; first prize, trophy (presented by the United Fir# Brigades Association) ▼alae £lO, and £25 cash, trophy to be won twice in succession or subject to the ruling of the Association; second prize, £lO cash. Spit, 61 2-sth secs. Christchurch, 52 t secs. ••• 2 South Dunedin was disqualified, one man not having a spanner. Firemen’s Kids;'2oo yards. Captain Wallaces (fibre and Gordon)... 1 Fireman Sketch '(Dunedin City) ... 3 Time, 21|se(v

A Kaffir on the South African diamond fields was suspected 'of being in possession of uncut diamonds,, and was pursued by officers of the law. When they had come up with him.be had just shot one of his oxen. They proceeded to search him. They ransacked his scanty clothing; they combed his woolly hair; thpy tried all the usual processes, but never a diamond did they find, and finally they had to retire discomfited. Then the Kaffir proceeded to pick out from the dead ox’s carcase all the diamonds with which his gun had been loaded, and which he had fired into the unfortunate beast whan he saw the officers approaching.