CO129-253 - Public Offices & Others - 1891 — Page 692

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loose and haphazard. The precedence

of necessity given to Alice considerations hinders the completeness of the Brigate

an organised body. The liability of Brigade at

men

any moment to b

the

weakened by the transfer of its best-

to out-stations, the Jening which the dual character of the individual in his twofold capacity of police constable and firemans under differently constituted authorities apports

to evasion or neglect of duty

such as

by unfuncticality of

at fires and in other

attendance

ways,

and lastly

the limitations of numbers by Price

requirements, detract with other causes

from the merits

a) a

systém.

the Fire Bregade

r

So long as the City 2

the City of Victoria

almost entirely defendent In it's

water suffly at fires uhrer the harbour,

and upo

the

ust

2

steam engines

thesz