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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73,
MEMBERS OF BRIGADE NOT TO WRITE TO THE PRESS ON
FIRE-BRIGADE MATTERS.
16. No member of the brigade shall under any circumstances write any letters or furnish information to the press on matters connected with the Board or brigade, save that the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent or, in the event of no such superior officer being present, the senior on duty may give particulars regarding any fire which has been attended.
FIRE POLICE AND SALVAGE CORPS.
17. The members of the force established by the Board under the authority of section 62 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, for the purpose of attending at fires and saving properties shall be enrolled by the Secretary as a fire police and salvage corps. The control of such corps shall vest in and be exercised by the officer elected to be captain by the members and approved by the Board. The duty of such fire police shall be to attend at any fire to aid and assist the regular Police Force, to watch over any properties saved, to preserve order, and carry out any instruction which may be given by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent or such other officer of the fire brigade in command on the spot. Such instructions to be conveyed as far as possible through the captain or officer in charge of the fire police.
GRATUITIES FOR VOLUNTEER OR OTHER SERVICES.
18. For the performance of any volunteer or special services rendered by any person, whether a member of any brigade or not, in respect of any fire there may be paid out of the funds of the Board such sum as the Board or any committee authorized by the Board may direct.
ELECTRIC FIRE-ALARM CIRCUITS.
19. The Board may establish or contract with any person or corporation for the establishment of an electric fire-alarm circuit, or may take over any such circuit now or hereafter established by the Port Chalmers Borough Council, and may from time to time extend such circuit and provide for the connection therewith of street alarms and public and private buildings and premises. All connections of alarms installed in public or private buildings or premises, and alterations to the same shall be carried out to the approval of the Board at the cost of the owner of the property to be connected, and the cost of maintenance and of the periodical examination and testing of such connections shall be borne by the owner of the property connected, and all such connections shall be efficiently maintained to the satisfaction of the Board or the officer appointed by the Board for that purpose. With the consent of the owner such cost may be commuted to the payment of such annual sum as may be agreed on between the Board and the owner.
IN RESPECT OF FIRES ON BOARD ANY SHIP OR VESSEL.
20. If any brigade or any portion of any brigade established and maintained by the Board attends and performs any services at a fire taking place on board any ship or vessel, then the owner of such ship or vessel shall pay to the Board for such attendance and service the undermentioned rates as fixed by the Board not exceeding:-
Superintendent or officer in charge of brigade : First hour, £1 1s. ; each succeeding hour, 10s. 6d.
Each fireman: First hour, 5s.; each succeeding hour 2s. 6d.
Each fire appliance, £2 10s.
The said charges to be reckoned as from the time the brigade leaves the station until it returns to the station.
IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF DISCIPLINE AND THE INSURING OF GOOD CONDUCT ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BRIGADE.
21. No person shall interfere with or obstruct any officer or member of a brigade in the execution of his duty.
22. No person shall aid, abet, or encourage any member of a brigade in any act of disobedience of orders, or insubordination, or in the use of abusive or obscene language while such member is on duty.
23. No person shall supply any intoxicating liquors to any officer or member of a brigade while such officer or member shall be on duty, unless he shall first have received from the officer in charge of the brigade at the time permission to do so.
24. No person other than the members of the Fire Board and its Secretary, or members of a brigade, shall enter any station unless they shall first have received permission to do so from the officer in charge.
25. No person shall sleep in or on any station or in or on any of the Board's premises without the written permission of the Superintendent.
26. No intoxicants shall be brought into any station without the special written permission of the Superintendent, which is not to be granted except under exceptional circumstances.
27. For the purposes of the preceding paragraphs of this part numbered 21, 22, and 23 the words "officer or member of a brigade" shall be deemed to include officer or member of a volunteer fire brigade or volunteer fire police.
PENALTY CLAUSE.
28. Every person guilty of an offence against or committing any breach of or failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by any of the provisions of these by-laws shall be liable for such offence, breach, or failure to such a fine, not exceeding £20, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit.
The foregoing by-laws were made by the Port Chalmers Fire Board at a duly constituted meeting of the said Board held on the 10th day of September, 1931.
The common seal of the Port Chalmers Fire Board was affixed hereto by order of the Board, this 10th day of September, 1931, in the presence of-
H. A. B. BRABANT, Chairman.
A. CAMPBELL, Member.
B. MONTGOMERY, Secretary.
SCHEDULE A.
To the Superintendent, Port Chalmers Volunteer Fire Brigade.
I HEREBY apply to be enrolled as a member of the Port Chalmers Volunteer Fire Brigade, and if accepted agree to serve under the conditions set forth in the by-laws of the Port Chalmers Fire Board and to obey all lawful orders given by the Superintendent or other officer for the time being in charge of the brigade. I further agree to serve three months, or until I shall be lawfully discharged; and I declare that the answers given to the questions below are true and correct in every particular.
Port Chalmers, this day of , 19 .
[Signature of Applicant.]
Witness:

1. Name in full :
2. Residence:
3. Occupation:
4. Date of birth:
5. Height, without boots : feet inches.
6. Chest-measurement:
   SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION.
   I recommend that the above-named be accepted [or not accepted] as a probationer.
   Superintendent.
   Port Chalmers,
   , 19
   [Back of form.]
   MEDICAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE.
   I certify that I have examined the within-named ; that he is free from any serious defect in limb, hearing, or sight; and that he is, in my opinion, physically qualified to fulfil the duties of a fireman.
   (Remarks, if any.)
   [Signature.]
   Port Chalmers,
   , 19
   BOARD'S DECISION.
   Enrolment of as a probationer approved [or not approved].
   Chairman.
   Port Chalmers,
   , 19
   MEMBER'S RECORD.
   [Under this heading shall be recorded particulars of any breach of discipline by or complaint concerning the conduct of the member, with the Board's decision regarding same; also particulars of any meritorious conduct on the part of the member during his period of service, the date of his discharge and reason for same.]
   The foregoing by-laws are hereby approved this 1st day of October, 1931.
   ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
   (I.A. 11/4/33.)