CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4288, 30 November 1892, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

That Floodgate. [lO THE EDIIOa, WAIIIABAPA DAILY TIMES.] Sir—Tho Jotter signed by Messrs Hounslow and Langlcy that appeared in your issue of yesterday hardly calls for an answer from me, as it bears its own condemnation on its face, The story of tho axe as told in it, is, to say tho least, most peculiar, Whoever heard of a lircman going to his woodhoap to get an axo to carry to a fire. As a rule firemen get away as quick.as possible,and do not hang about to look for axes or anything olse, The letter finishes by saying that I write well on that of which 1 know nothing, In regard to the flood-' gate I think I can speak with more knowledge than' Captain Hounslow for my duty on the night of tho lire was to look after Ibe suction bose. I, with two other firemen, placed it in the water and looked after it until the water became high enough to cover tho rose on the ond of it. Captain Hounslow was not near the floodgate except for t few seconds, and therefore cannot speak with authority about what happened there. I am, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, Hekhebt T. Mabsh, Secretary, Municipal Fire Brigade. November 30th, 1'892.