CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 7 September 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(Reoter's Telegrams,) , Melbourne September 6. Sailed, this morning Union ; Com- ' pany's steamship Eotorua, for the Bluff. f Malting barley is steadier at sii to 5s • 2J: shipping wheat, 6a 9d to 6s lOd. The i umrketis active. New Zealand feeding i oats are quoted, duty paid, 4s 2d; and in b bund, 8s 7d to 3s 9d. The market is dei piesse.l. I London, September 4: In the late disturbance in Dublin streets 1 between the speoial constables and the s mob, 20iperaons were bayoneted, and 80 • otherwise injured. s The' Queensland Government has de- . dined the request made to it to provide ; facilities for the emigration, to that oolony , 'of 400 of the Irish Constabulary men , who have struck. " The Right Hon. Sir. George Grey, 1 G.C.8,, it reported to be seriously ill, r " London, Septembers J The orioket match Australians versos i Notts was resumed to-day. The Home i loam, with 5 wickets down for 41 runs, L eoiTiintied there first innings, and were i.ll disposed of for 111. ; : highest scorer with 28, The; Australians went in for, their second innings, and t when the stumps were drawn for the day ). had scored 114 for the loan of .only two j wioketa, McDonnell being not'out with r 46. The weather- was showery during the P day, and the play was occasionally stopped.

I MASTEHTON FIRE BRIGADEU<\ j I r '<■' j i 1 The aecond competition for ; handle ine'dal took pke vyefclerday: afterncjbn, Metera Elkinp?and Worth art' ing as and SiU. as timekeepers. 4 ' s ' \" The following were the scores-: . i-'

' In the eVenifiij the annual, meeting wm j; held in the assembly room, Captain Muir in the chair. The following report was read'!;— .j\ I- 1 ! '"j In pUsentinfj the fourth annual repqrt B ; fni; your approval, I must'cbngratultjte the Brigade on the progress it is making. Our, moßt serious difficulties having been : • overborne, .and the plant* and 5 appliances 1 for fire extinguishing are very fair for • a country town. Still not sufficient .to r cope with a fire that has jnade any extensive headway in our large hodies of foujd,f ings. A steam fire engine, and' in ;B'ome i places' a better Biipply of water, iis ,f absolutely needed in such an event'. ;• ; tr The first cost of a steamer,would be the greatest item, between; ;£4OO and £SOO, h according to size, Afterwards, the exi. penses for keeping in order would sot ;be e great, and at a fire the saving would !he considerable; at least £3 per hour leas than each of our present manuals 'cost, !j besides doing three times the amount . 'of work. The time taken.to yet up steam ■ from cold water does not exceed seven ' minutes. I sincerely hope-the present 8 proposal before the Borough Council :to ( 8 libtnin one will not bB lightly thrown '■ aside, as sooner or later one will have to be obtained and I trust it will not.be put e off until anme ot our moat valuable blookß i- of huildings have been consumed. j r The only total loss from fire during the il past three years ocourred early in ifhe if morning of the 26th of May last,,when i, the store of Mr McCarthy 'dSHwbed' to e the ground. There being no watchman on duty in the (own, the fire wiis not discovered until the place waa one mass'of n flame., aud -when the Brigade arrived, which was shortly after the alarm was t . given, it was a hopeless task to attempt .. to save the building, and our attention [ was all directed to save the Cluh Hotel," i and other property adjoining,. which, , 0 after a warm half-hour or so with the help , of Mr Elkina, his staff of employees, and ' other gentlemen, was done, thereby Baving the Insurance Companies interested many thousands of pouuds, which service thev have not even acknowledged. "" j ir One other fire ocourred through a tin j s of phosphorous igniting in the store of Mr -. J. Vile, but Ike danmge dnne was trifling. e Chimney fires have not been so numerous n only five having occurred' to which the services of the Brigade have been called into requisition, the heavy fines inflicted ' 8 by the R.M. having apparently had a : f> salutary effect. , 6 There have been thirty practices during 18 the year, just olosed,' with an average attendance, of thirteen men to each, The '' lowest number on the roll 13, the present 0 23, officers included. ! 'i The late compe'.itiim for the Mayor's e medal andprizeß contributed by the towns's people, has done good service, by causing '■ the members to practice more earnestly, y and to take a greater interest in this work consequently infusing more life into! the :t Brigade, and our best thanks are due to i- those gentlemen for their liberality, J i, The additions to our plant during; the e last 12 months have not been very great. !{• The most noteworthy is'ffie'bbtairiing of • six additional uniform coats, making a t- total of twenty five. ; i g . The meeting room, thanks to Messrs e Rapp & Hare, Coker, and others, . has • been scrimuied, papered,; and finished, t with skirting, A chimney has also been erected; making the rouia i/ii ich; -mors. 9 pleasurable to meet in. ■ I i- The soiree after the late competition „ was a great success, and I would strongly e recommend the Brigade to at least hold j one annually. Before concluding; this • report I have a few words to say in. praise , to thoße gentlemen who, during the jpast o two years, havo taken our: flnaiioial rer sponsibility on their own shoulders, j aud t by whose endeavors the Brigade has pros,t pored to the fullest extent. | n Ihave&c.,; i. James Muib, Captain. 9 ! It The balance sheet, which was attached j to tho report showed receipts for; past year to be £62 12b 6d, expenses 162 2s n 6d, balance in hand 10s. Assets £5 6s'6d,, [_ liabilities £Bl4s 6d. • ' | ,[ The report and balance sheet was adop,t led. j. Captain Muir then presented Branchg. man Smith with the medal won by him, y and in doing so stated that the recipient e had won 'it for the second conseoutive e time, therefore it became his own sole g property. He well deserved it, as the' 0 time he had made on both occassions wan r quits equal to any that had come under his (the Captain's) observation, and would be a oredit to any Brigade in tho colonies. n He trusted that members who had not 6 been successful would not be discouraged,' s » but by practice and coolness enable themy selves to win at some future date. He a took that opportunity-of thanking his y Worship the Mayor, not only for the J intrinsic value of the medal, which was j* considerable, but for the opportunity he; ® gave by his presentation for members'to; 8 become more proficient in their drjllj (applause). . : V ' Is Branohman Smith then suitably reg sponded amid the loud cheers of his com-, p rades. ,:. . . .; ■ . The medal, which is of massive silver, " bearing in gold relief an emblem of a fire-' engine, will be engraved as follows: " Presented to the Masterton Fire Brigade hy A. Bish, Mayor, for the best one man drill. Won by Alfred Smith, Sep. 6th, 1882." . Voteß -of thanks were then passed to the , judges and time-keepers in the competition. ■ " The election of'officers was then pro--6 ceeded with. Mr Muir was unanimously eleoted Captain. Mr H. Broom waa re-' Q elected Lieutenant, and Mr W; Eeeater " Foreman, Messrs W, Dixon and-A. Smith were elected Branahmen, and Mr East-., hope Secretary. .The Finance Committee 8 of the past year was re-elected.: i 0 Fireman Bryant.uffered to paint a banner for the Brigade, and his; liberal proffer was accepted with thanks. B A hearty vote of thanks was/, accorded y -to MrT. E. Price for his gerierouß doy nation of the photographs of members. Branohman Dixon proposed .sending a challenge to the Wellington Brigade for an engine competition, but it was decided :; to postpone the discussion on this ques- • ion till the next meeting, ; 8 The proceedings then terminated.

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