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PART XII—SMALL URBAN AREAS

31. Under section 8 (m) of the Act the Council is required to
    develop the Fire Service particularly in the smaller urban areas, and
    since the inception of the Act many applications have been received
    from local authorities for the constitution of secondary urban fire
    districts. Before acting on these the Council has examined how far
    existing fire brigades could provide cover over a larger territory. To
    this end the out-district scheme provides for:
    (a) A protected area to a radius of five miles from existing fire
    stations and up to ten miles where service can be rendered,
    and
    (b) For agreements under the existing registration facilities for
    protection of any isolated properties.
    Outside the limits of those extended areas are many rural centres
    not provided with protection for which the Council has introduced a
    lower category of fire risk classification and has outlined the minimum
    brigade organization and equipment required for such districts. It is
    envisaged that such of these small urban districts as are situated
    sufficiently near to an existing fire brigade will be brought under the
    control of an established urban fire authority and will be assisted in
    the training and organization of auxiliary units by established brigades.
    The objective is to provide fire protection service on as wide a basis as
    is practicable, having regard to the life and property risks existing.

PART XIII—FIRE STATISTICS

32. Under section 8 (c) and (d) of the Act the Council is required
    to collate information on the activities of fire brigades in relation to fire
    and other operations attended, not only for statistical purposes but also
    to enable it to initiate research into fire service methods, equipment, and
    organization, and to publish reports, information, and advice on fire
    service matters. To do this, it requires amongst other things, statistical
    information in regard to fires and other occurrences attended, the
    methods used for extinguishment, the materials involved, loss of life and
    casualties. A fire report form designed to assist the Council in the
    compilation of fire statistics is now available and brigades are required
    to complete this form in respect of each call received and to forward it
    immediately to the Council.

Issued by authority of the Fire Service Council.

H. R. BROWN, Secretary.

Wellington, April 1954.

Public Trust Office Act 1908 and its Amendments—Election to Administer Estates

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several
estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth :

| No. | Name | Occupation | Residence | Date of
Death | Date
Election
Filed | Testate
or
Intestate | Stamp Office
Concerned |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Abbott, Annie Maud | Married woman | Auckland | 26/2/54 | 2/4/54 | Testate | Auckland. |
| 2 | Briedis, Martin | Engineer | Invercargill | 28/1/54 | 1/4/54 | Intestate | Invercargill. |
| 3 | Browne, John Henry | Retired Labourer | Edendale | 11/2/54 | 2/4/54 | " | Greymouth. |
| 4 | Burt, Isabella | Married woman | Millerton | 11/3/54 | 30/3/54 | " | Auckland. |
| 5 | Davidson, Albert Harold | Night watchman | Auckland | 4/2/54 | 2/4/54 | " | Wellington. |
| 6 | Dawson, Royce Henry Cedric | Small-goods-man | Carterton | 1/1/54 | 1/4/54 | Testate | Wanganui. |
| 7 | Easton, Isobel Lilian | Married woman | Formerly Taumarunui, late Wanganui | 12/3/54 | 6/4/54 | " | New Plymouth. |
| 8 | Freeman, George Henry | Retired gardener | New Plymouth | 28/2/54 | 24/3/54 | " | Christchurch. |
| 9 | Hamilton, Victor Leonard | Mill employee | Timaru | 19/3/54 | 7/4/54 | " | Greymouth. |
| 10 | Jenkinson, Robert Allen | Master butcher | Franz Josef Glacier | 13/1/54 | 30/3/54 | Intestate | Wellington. |
| 11 | Johnson, Frederick William | Farm manager | Pahiatua | 22/2/54 | 1/4/54 | " | Auckland. |
| 12 | Jones, Edel Marie | Spinster | Auckland | 20/12/52 | 2/4/54 | Testate | Christchurch. |
| 13 | Jones, Thomas | Retired farmer | Wellsford | 8/12/52 | 2/4/54 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 14 | Kennedy, Elizabeth | Widow | Formerly Greymouth, late Christchurch | 4/3/54 | 2/4/54 | Testate | Palmerston N. |
| 15 | McCarthy, Thomas Peter | Electrical-goods storeman | Auckland | 28/2/54 | 2/4/54 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 16 | Ness, Edith | Widow | Christchurch | 2/2/54 | 2/4/54 | Testate | Christchurch. |
| 17 | Nixon, Edward Charles | Retired builder | Formerly Pokeno, late Auckland | 14/2/54 | 2/4/54 | " | Auckland. |
| 18 | Noonan, Thomas Joseph | Public Works employee | Paraparaumu | 27/7/53 | 30/3/54 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 19 | Scott, Herbert Malcolm | Retired engineer | New Lynn | 21/1/54 | 2/4/54 | Testate | Christchurch. |
| 20 | Stichbury, Myra Dillon | Widow | Auckland | 23/2/54 | 2/4/54 | " | Auckland. |
| 21 | Thomson, Emma Elizabeth | " | Ashburton | 20/3/54 | 7/4/54 | " | |
| 22 | White, Isabella | Spinster | Formerly Devonport, late Murrays Bay | 25/2/54 | 2/4/54 | " | |

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 12 April 1954.

G. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.