The work of the Fire Brigade continues to increase, as must necessarily be the case in a growing town, and is carried out in the same eminently satisfactory manner that has always characterised our V lunteer Firemen. During the year a steam Fire Float arrived from home, and within the past ten days the new Central Station was handed over to the Fire Commission. With these new weapons of defence, we may expect to see, if possible, even better results than formerly.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.