To the Editor of the "Norta-Carwa Dairy News."
Sin,—Some weeks ago you _remarked that the work of the Fire Brigade was falling too heavily on the shoulders of a few public-spirited volunteers. Is it not about time that a community of this size ceased to receive voluntary services in protection of its life and property at the risk of the life and limb of those who render it?
One sees a long list of men on the Charity Organization—Society's books, out of work and no doubt receiving assistance. One also knows of Europeans breaking stone in the casual ward, an utter waste of Labour even "in a temperate climate.
I do not suggest that any man will do asa fireman; but I suggest that certain men on the list of the Charity Organization Society or in the casual ward might be, after a doctor's examination, given the task of turning up at fires and fire drills under skilled instruction. The more suitable might be offered eventually paid post.
Tam, ete.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.