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letter and received by
by
order of
the Administrator of the "Government the
following
In
Answer...
reply to the question of the Honorable Member I have to state that the Fire
"Bell
"
was
not
rung
"members of
"
Nor
were the other
the Fire Brigade summoned.
"on the occasion referred to because, in
"
the opinion of the Captain Superintendent
#
"of Police, such a
proceeding
would have
the reserve
been inexpedient in 'face of other requesitions
"likely to be made upon.
the Police, and secondly because
"
Force
of
"the
Staff
detailed
for
the
ser vice
teas
"
#
expected to be sufficient
as the result
proved. Having made full inquiry
into this matter, prior to the notice
Governor Sir Arthur
"
of these questions
Kennedy
Kennedy considered, it right to express
#
"his approval of the conduct of "Captain Superintendent of Police
"
of the D
I
-behalf of the Oamers of Property
ow
and Taxpayers generally within this
Colony
the
on my
Awn
behalf
as
one
of
-aforementioned, and in the performance
of my duty as
a
Members
protest against the above
of this Council
CAN SCOLA
a8
not meeting the questions put for the following
reasons
1# That the Fire Bell at the Central
Station is intended to convey to the
inhabitants generally
as
well
as
to the members of the Fire Brigade intimation of a fire occurring; by
this
means many of the Citizens who have property in parts of the
town