During a social function at the Taumarunui fire station, Superintendent R. Ross, who has had 37 years’ service in fire brigade work, said his family had probably the record for New Zealand in fire-fighting. With his father and five brothers, the Ross family had 174 years' fire brigade service to their credit, and his father, one brother, and himself had received their gold stars. Before going to Taumarunui, where he has been connected with the local brigade for 24 years, he served for 13 years with the Hokitika fire brigade, and his father’s and five brothers’ service with the same brigade totalled 137 years.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1939, Page 9
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