FIRE BRIGADE PRESENTATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1867, 18 December 1884, Page 3

FIRE BRIGADE PRESENTATION.

J Hill. Last evening there was a full muster present at the Eire, Brigade Station in Ghurcli St. on the; occasion ojf; the presentation, of long -service liie'dak . Mr.Paytpn, as Chairman, of the Finance: Committee, .presented;;.silver medals,;, suituhly, ..engraved /: to -, EireInapector Muir, CHptain'. ; .Kceste>; Foreman •Q'homatt Dixon, ..Branceman iangleyi. and rHot>..Suciet^ : : Easthope, ideating: in;, a "few... floW ibe .high {sßt6eDi:in:wJiicli. the i-iuemhers-of'tiie fo ;: h&rtto)lsW GlainpW) *poke;;in : af : l>i£i& U»»6eiy,'. : :He :r .f ,toj h 4 .<^afi^nce «ch' <fen> -town =]f *:•• ifajitertpn, -irad #W ■dßelateck-.tliflfvit ' .ealami^fo'b's:with?lit' qri>,■ M iujd iSlwijß.ji'dmired.ithe, pluck lijuj Hardi'h'Qod exljibitiid;hy.|t'emep, : ,; He iipjiid m'ore.-. members, qf^:t.he\'lp|, : ;iirig.acle V6hld ! qWvlify, .themselves., io'receive a ; Hfctii •g6ish.iig. ; twifgej |'and.ytlMythp'je *ho had- gaiied ~tme Ayoutd 'uotWiri on'their laurelsji but v,-Quld ; be encpurvgefc tofui'themextTtioh'B (applause), -•Mr Hogg, iiv response to.a call from •the'chalipropoßedi.fjhe.healtl p( ; fire recipients of medals.. Htj.had. he -, m<l,Mytr attended a.tiie yet without 1 -seeing .'some .members '(.distinguishing themselvps .by., deeds., of true. heroism. •He would.be ;;ony.,to be a titeman .: 'himself, the personal risks', being very . .serjons. ,! He thought Fire Brigades \; : fli;6uld receive more support from "the i•j.Gp.yernment (liearl hear 1) and be- ::: lieved J that the time was approaching services would.be : .lett« W/jrewgnized. .He next referred .to the :'.. prowess of local iht turage.and hardihood displayed when eiold Town Hall was- 'destroyed by ,-. fire.;'.. He-trusted the Borough ' ;',..cil-would see its way to qive;a/lar°ei .-■..jaepure of support to the /Brigadf 'funds /hear.'l hear !); and' felt Mire thai .•jftfyer a fire rate were .levied it.w.puli •': be paid more cheerfully.-than any'othii : j -tex -by. the. t6wnßi)eo[»le.;,( A ppUiise). • •Ai > 'She\foasi.';;\vaa; then s .drank will honpr's, ' '■".' ';■■■ .;" ;, , •; \ .• Jirfe-lnspector Muir said be .respon -v;ded to' it as the 'lite;Citp(ftin of th ; Brigade. He• held' that' position--fo i> -five years and;then thought it -m time to ive'.way to some othei:,.meni ber. ...He might again on sgme fntur . ; occasion,-accept offices (applause), bn ' • Ibivthß^presentthe iJiigadd wusin.goo ..M-' hands.;.under the charge; of Cap'tai =p?: K.e,eiter (ajiplause); .He cla'nied .jtb» -compared witli to>vns. like Kaiapi '"•' and Kanijiprai thejr a|bljanceß,atiia! tflttwior were it

' ■ ad desirability of obtaining a steam nYe'engine.-Be'next-Ffe&MMift It:was organised six .arid a half yeM* ago, and amongst; its first members were lawyers, doctors, and all sorts mid conditions of men, But when it came to.bird work a good many of these dropped out, and.for a time there had •■been considerable difficulty in carrying on llio work of the Brigade. Captain Keester.-who followed next, said ho was one of the Hist members of the Brigiidn. He had stuck to it, and would slick to it in the future (Applause) as long as the public of Maslerton bucked . them up, Ho hinted that many little appliances were still required by the Brigade. He would like to see residents who were not prepared to join them as working members, join them as honorary members, attending their meetings and watching tbo working of the brigade. He spoke also of the advantages'-of Fire Brigade competition and trusted that the team about to be sent to Dunedin would not disappoint the expectations of the public'in Maslerton, They might possibly .bring back a prize or two, but they could' not in many' cases' compete with larger brigades possessing better appliances. " ' '■' Fore mini Dixoti. briefiyiioknowledged tne compliments winch i'a'il been paid to the Brigade,. Excepting for lifew months, he had worked in the Brigade since it first started He also inferred to past difficulties when the ■Brigade dropped down'to four or five members- and had to. be worked up again. .He-regarded'competitions as the back 'bone, of the. brigades and proposed.an annual event of this kind for Maslerton. "(A pplaiise.) ' '"■'■'" Briinpjiman Langlcy then briefly acknowledged the- compliment that had L been paid to, him, and expressed his intention ot still remaining an active member of the Brigade. Hon Secretary Eastliope in an able speech expressed 'the' gratitude which the members of the Brigade felt for the numerous ap|ilianee9th>y"l)ad ."already obtained, and in graceful tern s compli'forotejHbf .Finance CohumUee for. the. ihtjy,'' bad .'re'iiilere'fl ,tp"theB»igjicl : f>,\ i)i:opqßed : "tlie Jiiiealtlis of ''fhenjembws|f.i't./':-"\'?^';'" ; v '•; ; ' ; rThiatoisf;fe.vitig*'been" drunlt with fel^^^^i^i'TO.ated.' i ;;*; : "-'■.