“Whatever’s come over your husband lately, Mrs Raggers?” asked Mrs Raggleson of her neighbour. “ 'E’s done nothin’ but sit an' brood on t'doorstep with ’is chin in 'is 'ands. E ain’t broodin’ at all." replied Mrs Raggers. "'E’s practisin' for t’local chess tournament.”
That a charge should be made by the Christchurch Fire Board when a faulty thermostat in an automatic alarm system caused the fire brigade to be called out for nothing was the opinion expressed by Mr M. J. Russell at the board's meeting when it was reported that three false alarms last month were caused by faulty thermostats. The ordinary man. he said, had to pay a fine of £2 or so if his chimney caught fire and Hie brigade was called out. Yet when a thermostat gave a false alarm, and the brigade was turned out for nothing. the owners got off scot free. "It is claimed that these things are infallible." said Mr J. D. Carey. “Surely the fact that 'faulty thermostat’ is given as the reason for a false alarm shows that they are not infallible?"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1939, Page 3
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