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to notify that with His Excellency The Governor's permission I shall at the next meeting of Council, put the following questions :
set Why the Bell at the Central
on the
Station was not,
not ring morning of the 23rd Ultimo when intimation was received of Fire in the Native portion of the
town.
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2nd Why the Police Volunteers were not -called out to assist in subduing
the Fire-
3rd Why the usual notification of a
was not conveyed
Fire occurring to M. May the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, and to the
Assistant Superintendent Mr
Russell.
If the information I have reecived be true the City narrowly escaped the -terrible calamity which befell Totebama about eight years ago, when a typhoon and a Fire happened simultaneously and the fact that such a calamity
has been averted is in no
way due to the exertions of the Government Fire Brigade (Ueling as such) on which so much public money has been expended this is, in my opinion, great scandal and calls for immediate investigation.
I have to.
(Signed) P. Ryrie
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