CARTERTON FIRE BRIGADE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 957, 23 December 1881, Page 2

CARTERTON FIRE BRIGADE.

g [To tho Editor of tlio Daily, | ClarpviJJp, Deo, 19,1881, Sir,-I .am always quitp ready and willing to (,'ivo honor where honor is due, In I lie case of the Carterton Fire Bri gade, you sta'ed in-your issuo of tho 19lh instant tho supply of water was deficient, I may state that there was about twenty feet of water in tho well, and also that the Brigade ueypr got their engine on to the ground, it having broken down on the road ; and another thing I may state is that all the Brigade did was to pujl on tho eni] of ij, rope to reiuove tho frame of an old building that was cut all i'Qi]ijd, and not one of them puf a hand jo ij, bucket of waier to quench tliofjrp, hut first strutted aroirul and took a general snrvey of it and its surroundings, and offered their services in the evening if necessaiy. 1 feel quite positive they were not half an hour altogether at the scene of the (ire; .ami now, Mr Editor, 1 think people should have a little more regard for the truth when reporting any cireutnstance of this kind, and not try to mislead :th6 l '))ivblic. By giving publicity to the above yon will greatly oblige

;. A SUBSCRIBER. [We are afraid our correspondent is endeavoring to throw cold water on Ins local brigade.—Eil. W.D.I