Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 2 May 1894, Page 2

Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade.

Annual Meeting of Metnbi% The annual meeting of member! of the above Brigade was held last evening. Captain Pickering occupying Che chair, aud twenty-one members be% present. The Kuripuni branch station was also represented. , Leave of absence for one montl was granted to Fireman Mottbows. \ Secretary Pragncll (Mastorton) anl Pybus (Kuripuni) presented tbeir\ annual reports which were read andl adopted, and also the Treasurer's iaunual report, showing a credit in ! bank at date of £8 Ms. | It was resolved to give tho Secretary ohheKuripum" Brigade £1 1b per annum for hia services. Fireman J. Wise was transferred to tho Kurijpuni branch, and Mr J. Tucker wag proposed as an honorary member of the Brigade.

The usual grant 0 f f 5 was p» Bß ed or payment, titymLwvA bonuses to Pybusand tiwUXtiifo Bi-aggins. • _X The election efofficera for tho ensuing year, rosultea as follows :- Lieutenant, 0. A. Ewingti*,' (re-elected);Foreman-W.Fe!lsrasfr Assistant Foreman-P. Murray-Secretaty-E. Pragnell (re-olectecl); Ireasura-J. Bauinbor (re-elected • ABsißtant Engineer-!}. Smith; Ist Brnnohman-D.Jackson; 2ud-H Ewington; Bra-A,Hausman:4th A. Pickering. Koripuni Branch :~ Lieut.-P, Hunter; Foreman-G. waggins; Seoreturv— A. Pybus(re. eleoted); Ist Branohrnan-C. B L. fi ' ns H ;2 " ( d ri J ' Fallt i Custodian! V f* '.^; Messenger-J, Bra 8? in ff . /Utom Pickering returned thanks to Jhohembers and officers f or theic' Bln^,a\tent.ontodutyinthop»B Sir ffork "-A Three years'ceniiicatts of member, sbip were presented to Lieut. Hunter and BranchmanEmngton. Secretary mgneU and Messenger Mnrßb, having completed seven years Jlicß were presentid with the U-FMeil '«b»r,oou ß fi ugtffoyears'enrVser, W. The medals won at the recent Napier competition were then pre* MM to Secretary Pragpell and Engineer: Braggina (Aast. F orenma . %nolds being unavoidably' absent his medal w, B - MO eivea for him). Uptain Pickering spoke in complimentary terms of the behavioar of theteam, Eaoh of the recipients briefly replied, after whioU a hearty vote of 'thanks'to. the chair terminated the-