I 1942-43.
T· F NEW SOUTH WALES.
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES FOR 1942.
Ordered to be printed, 24: March, 1943.
Board of Fixe Commissioners of New South Wales, One hundred and twenty-seven insurance companies and 213 Castlereagh-strcet, forty-four firms contributed to the Board during the year, and Sydney, 18lh January, 1943. the contributions in the Sydney Fire District represented 18.66 per ceut. of the amount of premiums returned in respect of The Honourable J. :M. Baddeley, M.L.A., that district. Colonial Secretary, Sydney. FIR.E DISTRICTS. Sir, The number of Fixe Districts remains at 130. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act the boundaries of the In compliance with the provisions of ection 19. (2) of t!Ie Municipality of Orange and the Shire of Canobolas were Fire Brigades Act, 1909-1941, the Board of FIre Comnus alter~~ b:f taking part of the.Shire and adding it to the sioners of New South Wales submits its report of the opera Mumclpahty; and the boundanes of the Gilgandra Urban tions of the Department under its control for the year 1942, Area within Gilgandra Shire were altered by taking therefrom being the thirty-third annual report. a. small ~rea o~ land. In the former instance, the provisions of the FIre Bngades Act were re-applied to the Municipality of Orange as reconstituted. FIRE BRIGADES (A.MJmDMENT) ACT, 1941.
The co=encing day of the Fire Brigades (Amendment) INCREASE OF STATUTORY LIMIT. Act 1941 (Act No. 23, 1941), has not yet been notified by Pro~lamation. The war conditions render impossible oppor T!Ie conscnt of the Minister was obtained in pursuance of tunities for securing suitable fire float e9uipment. Plan~ .for section 34 of the Act, to the statutory limit of one-fourth the strengthening of the existing s~rV1ce. of ~he ~ant:une of a penny in the pound on the unimproved capital value Services Board are being undertaken ill conJunctlon WIth that of all ratable land in Broken Hill, Cardiff, Casino, Coolamon body, as a. war emergency measure. Morpeth and West Wallsend Fire Districts being exceeded at the special request of the Councils concerned in order to satisfactol'ily maintain the fire service. BOAllJl. The personnel of the Board remained unchanged. rr:he term FmE STATIONS AND SITES. of office of the President, the Honourable T. J. Snuth, was The new Fire tation premises at Peak Hill mentioned in renewed. last report were completed and occupied under lease from the Pursuant to the Regulations under the Act g?verTI;ing the local Municipal Council. triennial election of members of the Board, notificatIon was published in the Government ~az~tte o~ 18th December, 1942, LEASES. of the closing date for nODllllatlons, t.e., 21st January and The lease of the Maelean Fire Station was renewed for five polling day, 23rd February, 1943. years; those of Gilgandra, Gundagai, Guyra and Lorn for three years; Cabramatta for one year, and a weekly tenancy ~t ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE. arran.ged for that Peak Hill. The agreement in respect of the SIte of the statIon at Morpeth was continued for one year. The estimates of expenditure for the various Fire Districts as shown in Appendix II amounted to £547,024, of which FllIES. the Sydney Fire District was responsible for £424,432, and the 129 other districts collectively £122,592. Tb number of alarms of fire recorded in Sydney and suburbs Was 5,270, being an increase of four compared with the previ· For the year 1943 the estimate amount to £571,668. The ous year. Of the total 1,304 were false alarms, thirty-four estimate for Sydney Fire District is £447,148, while those for chimney fires and 3,932 other fires. The number of malicious the 129 other districts total £124,520. false alarms was 492, needless 229 and accidental 583. The Increases in the living wage, cost of supplies and prOVision number of suspicious fires was seventy, compared with thirty for war damage insurance were mainly responsible for the two for the year 1941. advance in the estimates. • The most notable fires were:- The number of Municipal and Shire Oouncils in the Sydney 20th May-Commonwealth and Dominion Agencies Pty. Fire District which contributed to the Board was fifty·five, Ltd. aud others, 168-174 Day-street, Sydney, manu and the percentage of their total contributions for 1942 to facturers' agents. that of the assessed annual value of all ratable property returned by them in 1941 was 6s. Hd. The returns of value 26th June-C. C. Rawson Pty. Ltd. and others, 111-113 mentioned furnished in 1942, and in accorc1:mce with which Foveau.'C-street, Sydney, canvas goods manufacturers. the contributions for 1943 are apportioned, totalled £36,297,960, 2:!nd September-So R. Buttle Pty. Ltd., Mitchell-road, an increase of £1,520,726. For 1943 the contributions by Alexandria, wholesale grocers. the Councils will be equivalent to 6s. 1.9d. per £100 of the 26th October-Wendouree House, 43 Bay-street, Glebe, asse88lIlent; and the area of Sydney Fire District is now Wonder-Welt Shoes Pty. Ltd. and others, shoe manu 2~.'l6 square miles. fae~ __ _ _.- _ _-----i. ~137a-A l~ [b.] 2
In the Uountry Fire Di tritis tbe number of fire calls rceeivcd Upon the retirement of Third Officer S. A. Tuck, the posi hy Brigades was 2,100, being an iucrease of 209 hy comparison tions of third and fourth officer were eliminated and the new with th~lt of the previous year of 1,801. ranks of first officer, second oflicer and special officer created, The mo t notablc fires "'ere:- :lS a temporary measure. 27th June-Junors Pty. Ltd., Kyogle-road, Kyo:"ll, general Mr. n. L. Barbel', formcrly fourth officer, was appointed store. to the rank of first o11icer, and Inspector J. W. Bal'llaby to 5th AUg"ust-Tooth & Co. Ltd., :'Jain Southcrn road, the rank of secol1(l officer; Inbpectol's J. J. eville, E. J. Mittagong, malt works. Griffiths and R. J. Cuner were promoted to special officer 20th November-Royal IIotcl, 182 :1I10naro- b'eet, Quean rank. beyan, licensed victualler. A more ad\'anced cour'e CIf training of members of the Thirty were cb ificd as u picious in origin. "-omen'.' Fire Auxiliary was undertaken with excellent results, The field day held ili July demonstrated the progress and eflicieney attained. ELEC"!'RICAL-FIRE ALARMS. 1"01' the l'eserves and auxiliary reserve firemen a field day In Sydney and suburbs three (3) additional strcet telephone was also held in October. Yery keen interest and gratifying fire alarms were installed at Kogarah, Roz \le and Hyde, mak profici"llcy were Eho\\'n. ing' a total of 746 j while there arc aloin addition ninety three (93) special alm'ms. Connected to the various Fire Rtations in that area arc 308 prinkler installations of the DEATIIS. Griune\l type, In of the Central, 15 of the Phoenix, 6 of the With regret the Boari! reports the death of Senior Fireman F;tar, 10 of the Grimes and 1 of the Clarke-Vigilant; ij ther M. L. Griffin on the 11th June as a result of injuries re mostatic alarms of the Kirkby type, 5 of the Yigil:mt, 46 of ceived in fire fighting operations at Marriekville. Senior the Reichel, ;, of the -lay-Oatway and 270 pl'ivate fire alarm~. Firem:ln Griffin was appointed to the service on 14th May, In tbe Country Fire Districts three (3) additional street 1!J29, :lnd had gained distinction in fire fighting, in A.R.P. tekphone fire alarms were established at Cessnock, Hamilton 1\'ork, and in other fire brigade activities. :111d West Maitlaml, thus the total number of telephonc alanm is 243, mcehanical alarms 166 ani! special alarllls 20. 'I'went.\' The rleaths of Sub-Station Officers T. Chapman and W. A. one ~prjnkler installations are connected to the Pirc Rtation at Taylor, ex F;tation Officers J. Graham, W. P. Moriarty and W. • 'e\\'castle, 2 at Bathurst, 2 at Broken Hill, 1 at Tamworth, 1 SI,law, ('x·Senior Piremen W. Best, J. P. Palmer, Pirst-class at We~t ~faitland, 4 at Lh'erpool, and 2 at Wagga Wagga; :1 FlI"eman G. Parsons and A. Dickinson, of mechanical staff, '1'hcrmostatic fire alarms of the May-Oatway t~'pe at Broken from natuml C.IU,'C are also retonlc(l with regret, as well as 11 ill and 5 at Newcastle, wilh 3 Reichel and also 1 at West the following members of the Volunteer Fire Brigades: Mailland; while 192 privale fire abrms are in communication Captain J. 8. Rutter (Bega), Volunteer Firemen T. J. Gel'ling wit:l various country stations. (Bulli), J. P. Bames (Goulburn), C. Carlyon (Hamilton), W. Allwork (Km'!'i Kuni), Captain C. T. Woolfe (Narro The Board further extended the system of connecting resi mine), Captain T. ~Iartens (Paxton), Captain C. D. Twed denees of members of Volunteer Fire Brigades by electric dell (Walg~tt), Yolunteer Pirelllan J. Brown (Weston), Hon alarm bells. orm'y Memuers A. L. J eukins (Boolaroo), J. Mowett, (Hamil Pive additional fire alarm pillars were provided in the Syd· ton) and J. Hogg (Wallsend), alld Auxiliary Piremen E. Ward Hey Fire District, making the total pillars now installcd 529 in (AuIJllrn) :lIld D. Webster (Mortdale). Sydney and suburbs and 171 in the country. SUPERA.-NUATION AND RE'l'IREMEN'I'S. TIIEFTS AXD D_\MAGE. Conlriuutions in respect of 954 employees were made under It is more than ever regrettable in these times of war and the provisions of the Superannuation Act. The following special emergency that thefts of parts of street fire alm'ms and members of the btaff were 1'etired on pension :-Third Officer interference with instruments should continue. Special pre '1'uck, Dj trjrt Oflicer J .•r. :McCarthy; Station Officers S. G. cautions have been undertakcn and a l'eward offered hy the AlexalHler, R. Campbell, R. Pe:l1'son, R. Stuntz and C. Treloyn; Board for information which would lead to the conviction of Rmior Piremell T. Shannon, P. Wallace and S. J. Wilson and an offender. The serious danger to life and property which First-clnss Pirelll:ll1 L. Chapple, might l'eadily arise by the malicious interfcrcnce with thi~ Pl'llsions under tl10 Act were granted to the widows of Sub apparatus C:111not be too strongly emphasised. Rtation Otlicers ClJapman and Taylor, ex-Station Officers The districts affected arc greater than IH"evious years ana Grahalll, ~Iori::rty and Shaw, and ex-Piremen Best, Palmer include:-City of Sydney, Albury, Auburn, Dalmain, Bank nnd Pal' on•. to\\'n, Bathurst, Bexley, Blacktown, BUl'wood, Campsie, Can tCl'bury, Canington, Circnlar Quay, Concord, Crow's Nest, LOXG SER\"! 'E MED_\LS AND RillS. Darlinghurst, Drummoyne, George 8trect West, G1ehe, Gran ville, Guildford, Homebush, Hunter's Hill, Hurstville, Long service medals for fifteen years' good service on the Kogarah, Km"!'i Kuni, Lakemba, Leichhardt, LidcombC', permanent Pire Brigade Staff were awarded to Senior Pire Liverpool, Manly, Maro:lbra, Manickville, Mascot, Mortdale, l11en .r. W. n ale, A. D. Becchey, A. Blades, A. L. Boyes, C. Mosman, Newcastle, Tewtown, New Lambton, Torth Sydney, :1IL B,)j'Cs, H. M. Brewster, O. U. Cabban, W. C. El egood, G. Paddington, Parramatta, Petel'sllam, Port Kembla, Pyrmont, '1'. Fel'lJle~', G. Pisher, A. S. Hea man, E. E. Hensby, H. L. QUirindi, Redfern, Ryde, Stanmore, Stockton, St. Peter, Hoye, J. H. JohnsOIl, W. G. Judge, A. W. Lattimer, H. J. Yaucluse, Waratah, Wenis Creek and West Maitland. Lansdowne, A. C. LO\'ett, L. G. M. Lunt, R. Martin, R. T. ~Iatthew~, W, T. Maunsell, P. V. McCann, H. McDonald, W. P. ~litchell, A. B. G. Morri , J. E. Mmphy, L. C. Newland, J. n. COXnCTIONS. Pntterson, E. D. Ra\'ell, P. Russo, J. S. Rutherford, K. For gn'mg malicious false alarms of fire, convictions were Sll\'agC', W. H. eghers, H, H. 'hannon, H. O. Sinclair, J. T. recorded and tincs imposed in respect of offences at Balmain, D. mith, L. (t. SpiceI', L. G. Thompson, "T. E. Turner, Vi. H. C:lsino, Dubbo aucl Wagga ·Wagga. At Auburn a youth was Weil' and J. n. \Vil on, and l<~il'st-class Fireman L. G. North; committed to an in~titution for causing fires to be lighted; and bars to that medal for an additional fifteen years' service at Manly a fine was impo ed upon a man in respect of lighting' to Stat,on Ofticers A. Gundry, J. Shuttleworth and E. P. a. fire in the open and leaving it before being extinguished; Sltelle,l' ulI'l Senior Piremen H. Duff, T, Leddin, P. L. J. while at HurstYille a man was convicted and sentenced ill Martin and E. W. Pitts. respect of two charges of maliciously setting fire to property. At \Voy Woy a man was condcted of matricide and arson and VOLUNTEER LONG SERVICE MEDALS. sentenced to five years' imprisonment, while at Wollongong in l'espeet of \1amage to a fire alarm a man 1\'as convicted on two Yoluntecr long service medals were granted to Volunteer charges, fiTled and ordered to pay compensation. At Denili Firemen W. J. Hall (Beecroft), G. W. Baldwin and G. P. quin a man was fined £3 for having tampered with the fire bell 1fcKC'l1dr~' (Bellbird), J. M. Retallick (Bellingen), Captain and a. youth was sentenced to the Gosford Boys' Home when H. K. Sheppard, Volunteer Piremen J. W. Bromfield, G. R, convicted of a1'son in which a number of premises in the New Davies, n. V. Brullton, J. Simpson, L. C. Tsche1'lle (Black town area. wel J involved. t01\'n), C. W. Rice (Bourke), '1'. S. Gerling (Bulli) , E. M. McGrath (Camden), E. W. GOl·ton (Casino), W. Leah and C. W. Willis ( ondobolin), J. H. Whipps (Coraki), H. Wood BRIGADE. (Corrimal), aptain E. ·W. Curran and Volunteer Piremen S. In Sydney Pire District the authorised strength of the Sinclair (Do1'l'igo), A. C, Rich (Dubbo), P, Attwood and L. Brigade is 140 officers, 644 permanent firemen, 262 volunteer J. Gl'elleger (Enfielcl), F. T. Waldron (Homebush), T, Nagle firemen, 610 reserves, and 1,540 auxiliary reserves; in the (Hurstville), R. C. Rostron and O. Sheldon (Kitchener), J. Greater Newcastle Pire Di h'ict 9 offieel's, 32 permanent fire T. Rowe and E. lIampson (Lakemba), Captain W. D. Fraser men, 115 volunteer firemen, 73 reserves and 275 auxiliary and Volunteer Firemen W. H. Hodgson and A. Butterfield reserves; in Broken Hill 3 officers, 11 permanent firemen, 8 (Lockhart), Captain H. . Redman and Volunteer Firemen C. volunteer firemen and 14 reserves, and in the other Fire Dis n, Redman and A. C. Tunks (Maclean), C. Hind and L. G. tricts 21 officers, 9 I ermanent firemen, 1,31'1 volunteer firemen, Knight (Maroubra), E. B. Kennedy (Mascot), E, J. Basker 903 reserves and 185 auxiliary reserves. ville (Mudgee), L, K. Hallett (Muswellbrook), D. J. Botham 3
(Parkes), R. Brown (Rhodes), A. N. Howard (Singleton), In part fulfilment of the Board's war·time requirements for S. Clinch (Taree), Y. A. Dibden (Thirroul), Captain J. Milne, f,re-tighting equipment referred to in last report, eight (8) Volunteer Firemen J. Faulkner and D. Johns (Toongabbie), 7,'O·gallon capacity fire engines have been received by the Captain T. Masterton (Wellington), and Volunteer Fireman Board fl'om the Department of Home Security under lease C. V. Carey (Yass). lend alTan~ements, together with 178,900 feet of unlined Bars to that medal for an additional fifteen year' senice ca m'as fire hose. were awarded to Volunteer Firemen J. Jackson (Adamstown), Fund for the purchase of certain equipment for the self G. )1. Fisher (Braidwood), D. Williams (Boolaroo), E. Honey ]1l'opelled fire engines and which was to be obtained in the man (Bourke), Captain T. Maidens (Cobar), Captain G. Hay Comlllonwealth 1\'ere provided by the Government and efforts (Condobolin), Yolunteer Firemen .r. W. Robert and W. IT, are being made to obtain supplies from the manufacturers for Green (Cootamllndra), Captain H. F. Grimmond (COl'owa), the equipping of the appliances. Volunteer Firemen A. M. Stevens (Grafton), W. Rennie (Hamilton), W. H. Fail'hall and R. C. Webb (Morpeth), S. The services of many members of the pCl'manent staff who Botham, H. Connell and E. Field (Mosman), E. ROllthcombo qualified as instructors in Fire Brigade practices in National and E. Shaw (Muswellbrook), J. Lamb (Weston), F. ITuggins :llld War Emergency were employed in continuing instruction and Y. Reid (Willoughby). on Fire Extinction and Fire Prevention to the stalIs of Govern mental buildings and private establishments, and in giving FIRE APPLIANCES. Jlublic demonstrations on methods of incendiary bomb control, tc. New motor fire engines having a pumping capacity of 630 gallons per minute were installed at Alexaudria and Mascot, During the year 1,352 buildings were thus visited and in and of 350 gallons capacity at Hornsby, Lideombe and Matm fotruction giyen to 72,732 persons. Visits to public schools ville. Changes in appliances "'ere elIected at Bellingen, Cowra, ]estilted in instruction being l'eceivecl by pupils and teaching Dorrigo, Manly, Peak Hill and 'roronto. Under the lease-lend slaff approximately to the number of 122,000. Three hundred arrangements the Board has been supplied with eight Mack :llld ninety-onc public demonstrations were given at which it motor pumping fire engine chassis having a capacity of 750 is estimated G94,000 persons were addressed on instructional gallons and ono Dennis trailer of 350 gallons capacity per subjects. minute. Co-operation \"ith the fighting services has continued and a HOSE. spedal permanent staff with appliances established at a large One hundred thousand four hundrcd and fifty-nine feet of mi litary depot in conjunction with which military personnel ~i-inch unlincd hose, 1,500 fect of I-inch rubber-lined and receive regular fire-fighting instruction. 4,996 feet of I-inch unlined hose was recei"ed from England The XCII' South Wales Fire Brigade so far as its permanent in completion of the Board's orders placed in 1939, and 20,000 employees are concerned was declared a protected undertaking feet of 2i-inch rubber-lined hose from America. Onc hundred under the National Security (Man Power) Regulations as from and seventy-eight thousand nine hunched feet of 2t-inch unlined 19th May. 110 e of English manufacture has bcen al 0 rccei\'ed from the Department of Home Security. The Auxiliary Reserve Corps and the Women's Fire Auxilinry of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade were, by notification in the GOl'el'n7ncnt Gazette, 20th April, 1942, declared to be approved CLOTHING AND BOOT FACTORIES. c·ivil defenco organisations for the purpose of the National The operatiollS of the uniform clothing and bootmaking Security (Civil Defence Volnnteers' Compensation) Regulations. APPENDIX I. BOARD OF FIRE ComnSSIO:-l"ERS OF NEW SOUTH WALE>,. STATKMENT of Revenue and Expenditure for Year ended 31st December, 19-12. R&\"KSUK. 1 ExrP;NDlTl'RB. £. s. rl. £. 8. U. £ •. d Balance hrought forward as at It;t Januar.r, ]9-12 6,;81 4 2 ContributioDS- Clothin!\, .. 14.623 7 7 ,'I l'lre Appliances. Minor . 1,159 0 11 FIre Expenses . is 9 9 Government...... 136,756 0 0 Yucl ., .. 326 12 4 Furniture, }4°ittings. etc ,. 363 19 11 Insumnce Companics and Yinns 273,512 0 0 Gratuities . 10 .1 6 Hose .. 4,900 7 1 Municipalities and Shires- Immrancc Stationtt and PlanL . 8.J32 13 1 Life and Accident· Assurance . ~'~Z8 9 8 S~'dne~' ,, ,106.108 0 0 Li~hting " .. ,, ,. ",0.7 5 8 Medical Fee8 , , .. 42! 11 0 Countrr...... 30,618 0 0 ~1I.cc\lanpous".. .. , , .. 2,111 17 1 ----547,024 0 Pny Holl Tax .. , "" , .. 0,141 3 » Pt"llsions "., '" 2,361 4 4 Sale 01 matcrials ,...... "...... :167 I:; 0 Petty Expense8 , .. " .. 23i 2 t Printill~, Postage, and Stationery , .. ,. 2.0H 18 6 Serviccs rendered. .. 11 ,180 9 1 Rate .. 7,t05 11 ---- lI,r'48 Rent ,,,. 4,6711 10 Repair.3 and Replacements , .. ,,. 18,414 6 2 New South Wales GO\'ernment- SnJaries ,, ...... •.... 0 •• ' •• 318,187 11 1 On Account War Emen:ency ~'irc Equipment Station Repairs. , ...... 7,137 13 11 as per contra;- ~\1ndrjed ... , .... , ...... • 0 •••••• ,. 1,903 12 11 £ s. rl. SundrJ Materials , .. 14,9 2 7 4 Paid .. H,li3 5 5 8uperannuation , .. ,' . 2~,4'i8 8 5 Unpaid . 9,631 13 5 relephone8 and Electric Plant ...... •. ,. 1,672 17 11 23,301 18 10 Telephone Maintenance .. 4,095 0 9 Tool8 and Uten8iI...... 3,944 17 7 Travelling, CartaJ:e, and ~'reight.....•..... 6,~02 1 Z Volul1tcer~, P3.J·ments to , ...... • 0 •• 29,192 IS 6 495,265 7 11 &Iuipment, Charge lor 20,270 8 7 Prol'ert)·, Charge lor 8,699 9 0 37,Ri7 17 7 Administration ,, . 18,372 I; 0 \Var Emcrgcnr,r Fire Equipment, ek'J as per cont.m ~ ...... •...... 23,804 18 10 Balance carried lorwaru to 1943 ,. 375 13 8 i 5~2,377 2 11 £582,377 2 11 Administration Account for Year ended 31st December, 1942. .£ s. d. £. !. 8. d. .£ 8. d . To Audit Fees "". 210 0 0 Dy nalance horn 1\j41 . 6,5;7 ;; 5 Board Fee~ .. 1,000 0 0 VOtlt of AdministrRtion as per Kstimates, 1942- Exchange and Ban k Charge. ,, .. , ..•. 76 11 5 S'dney 2t per CCllt, 10,;;60 11 2 ~urniture .. 169 0 7 Ulher Oi8tr:cts 7 .. 7,811 9 7 Gua.rantee Premiums ., . 14 7 6 18,372 0 9 Law Costs " .. [,4 4 4 lAfe Assurance ,,. III :! 0 Pay Roll Tax .. 305 13 8 l'rintill~, etc...... •...... •...... l,2:J7 J 1 t Salarics , , ..•...... ', 12,2;!7 5 11 Sundrie::l ,, 0" 316 8 10 Superannuation , ....•. ,. 561 1 11 Telephone Mn.intcna-nco , .•...... , .. 111) 18 7 Tra.velling ,., ' ••.. '. 653 10 8 ---- 17,621 5 4 nalancc 7,308 0 10 £24,029 6 2 .t24,929 6 ~ llalancl"-Rheet :J,f; at 31st Dccel1lLer, 1912. LUBrLITIES. I Ass,.,.s. £, 8. d. £. 8. d. £, 8. d. Fund Account " .. 2ll,316£ 17•. d'l(. "and-At Co,t .. 4 ,69., 10 i Property and F..quipment Account...... 6d9,3$2 17 10 Build n,t,"'b-"At 'o"t. . . 4O'J,40; 4 2 Debentures-Secured .. 16/1,500 0 0 .1"irc ApplinncC's-At CQElt or at. Valuation Accrued interest to date . 2.lJ5 0 0 where Unit' htl\'c heen Rt'condition.d . na,125 11) 169,705 0 0 Stocks on hanrl as certified- Contractors' Deposit Trust Account, as per Slore ,, .. 21,EIl 4 3 contra. . 10 0 0 Work8hops .. (;0.122 10 0 Superannuation Trubt Account. as per contra.. 2,969 ID 9 Electrical .. 5,8i9 0 6 Mobilc Canteen Fund Trust Account, as ]lcr 90,512 li 9 oontra. " . Commercial Eankint:' Company of S.rduc)', Ltd. 3,323 7 4\ Pctt~· Cash-Secretary...... Current Account-Overdraft '. 77.146 19 , nrignde .. Admini~tration A(~connt ., . 7,308 010 25~ 0 0 Itevenue and Expenditure Account ,. :<75 13 8 Cotnlncrcial Bnnkin~ Comp"u~r of :;::;rdoc)', Ltd. - Contractors' Ueposit Trust Account fiB per 10 0 0 contra ,. .. , .. ,, ". CommcTri!'\1 Banking- Company (If Sydney, Ltd. -,snperannnntion Trust AC'connt a.~ pcrconrra 2,P69 19 9 COlllmtrcial Ba111,jn~ Compa.n,r f ~,:.rdncy Ltd. -)10Lile Canteen Fund Tt"l1st Account as per contra ., ,' . 3,323 7 New South \Vnles OO\'crnment \Var Emcrg-cnrJ" l~ire Epnipmcnt, etc , . 9,631 13 Unpaid (;ontribution.! , ', ,. 426 4 £978,658 16 0 £078,658 16 0 AUDITORS' REPORT. W6 have 6xamincd tho above Balan('c-sheot with the books of accounts relating thereto and have obtarnEX] all thE' information and explanations we have required. In our opinion, the BalanCE'-sheet and accompanying Statement of R~vE'nue and Expenditure arc properly drawn up so as to exhibi~ a true and ('orrJct view of th3 alfaira of th BO'l.rd of Firil Commisaionerd of ~.S.W., aeoordinJ to the best of uur information and the flxl'lanations given to us and as shown by th6 books. (.--gd.) ROBEnTSOK, CRANE AND GIBBO~S, Sydney, 15th January, 1943. ChM'tered Accountants (AlIst ) *21373-B 6 APPENDIX n. ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1942. in the respective Fire Distriots, one.fourth by the One-lourth payable by the Municipal or Shire Councils interested property within such Di tricts. Government, and one-half by the Insurance Companies insuring Fire District. Fire Oitttrir.:t. £ s. d. £ s. d. Municipality of Albury . 1,392 0 0 31. Coff's Harbour-The town of Coff's Har. 1. Albury-The Jetty 2. Alstonvillc-The town of Alstonville, in bour, in Dorrlgi:l Shire, ihcluding (The part described in Town. (The part de~cribed in Govern.- 1'intenbar Shire. 468 0 0 Gazette, 12th August, 1027) . 256 0 0 ment Gazette, 15th September, 1039) ...... Government 604 0 0 3. Armidale Municipality . ],1 0 0 0 32. Condobolin Municipality...... 41>4 0 0 33. Coolamoll-The town of Coola.mon, in 4. Ba.l1ina in Balranald .. 3lH 0 0 Coolamon Shire. (The part described 5. ber, 1927) 488 0 0 6. Barraba .. . . 352 0 0 Government Gar-elte, 18thNovem Municipality of Bathurst. 34. Cooma Municipality. (The part described 7. Bathurrt-The 372 0 0 (As re·con~tituted, vide Government Gazette, in Government Gazette, 9thNov.,l917)... 13th January, llJilO) .. 1,140 0 0 35. Coonabarabran-The town of Coonabara. 8. Be~a Municipality .. 276 0 0 bran. in Coonabarabran Shire.-(The town of B"llingen, in p&rt described in Government Gazette, 18th 9. Belliugen-The . 332 0 0 Bellingen 'bire. (The part dcsoribed in Sept~mber, 1936) Ga,ette, 22nd August, 1024) ... 400 0 0 36. Coonamb]e Municipality . 372 0 0 GovernUlent . 660 0 0 10. Belmont-The towns of Bclmont. South 37. Cootamundra Municipality Bchnont,l\1arks Point. ill Lakc Macquarie 38. Coraki-The town of Coraki, in Shire of Shire. (The part dcscribed in Govern· Woodburn. (The part which formerly rMnt Gazette, 30th August, 1929) . 576 0 0 comprised the Municipality ofCoraki, vide 11. Berry Municipalitv . 280 0 0 Government Gazette, 16th February, 1934) 292 0 0 12. B1ackheath-(I) The Municipality of Black 39. Corowa Municipality .. 600 0 0 heath. (The part dcscribed in Government " .. 576 0 0 (2) The 40. Cowra Gazette, ]Oth November, 1939.) 41. Cronulla-The town of Cronulla., with town of ?>10unt \'ictoria, in Blue Moun· Bay, Uaringbah, Gunnamatta in Burraneer tains Shire. (The part described Bay, Port Hacking, &c., in Sutherland Government Gazette, 20th October, ]939 ... 692 0 0 (The part described in Government in Shire. 13. BI",cktowll-The town of Blacktown, Gazelle, 13th Novcmber. 1936)...... 1,616 0 0 Hhcktown Shire. (Thc part dcscribed in rookwell-The town of Crookwell, in 1930) 0 0 42. GOL"ernment Gazelle. 7th NO\7Ambcr, 260 Urookwell Shire. (Thc part described in U. BJn.yney-The Shire of Lyndhm·st. (The Government Gazette, 15th September, 1939) 428 0 0 part proclaimed in Governlllwt Gazette, town of Dapto, in Central rban 43. Dapto-The 26th June, 1936, as the Blayney Illawarra Shire. (The part described in Area, which formerly comprised the Muni Government Gazette, 27th September, 1935) 332 0 0 cipality of Blayney, vide Government uin Municipality 548 0 0 . 36 0 0 44. Deniliq Gazette, 13th December, 1935) 45. Dorrigo-The town of Dorrigo, in 15. Blue Mountains-The Shire of Blne Dorrigo Shire. (The part described in Mountains, part of, embracing Lapstone, Gazette, 29th October, 1926)... 368 0 0 Valley Government Glenbrook, Blaxland, Warrirnoo, Dubbo Municipality...... 1,280 0 0 Faulconbridge, 46. Heights, Springwood, 47. Dungog 300 0 0 Linden, Woodford, Hazelbrook, Lawson, ., 760 0 0 (The part 48. Forbes Bullaburra, Wentworth Falls. 49. Gilgrmdra.-The Cilgandm Urban Area, described in Government Gazette, 29th the Town of Gilgandra in . ],224 0 0 embracing October, 1937) Gilgandra Shire (as re-constituted, vide 16. Boolaroo-The towns of Boolaroo, Argen. Gazetle.q, 22nd July, 1938, and Mac Government ton, Teralba, \"arner's Bay, in Lake 11th Novembcr, 1038) 404 0 0 Shire. (The part described in quarie Innes Municipality...... 1,180 0 0 Government Gazette, 25th October, 1935) .. 716 0 0 50. Glen .. 360 0 0 51. GORford-(l) The Municipality of Gosford, 17. Bourke Municipality of Erina, part of; .. ~ . 392 0 0 P&rt of; (2) The Shire 18. Bowral .. of Gosford with boundar town of Braidwood, in being the town 19. Braidwood-The ies as describ",d in Government Gazette, Tallaganda Shire. (The part which form 616 0 0 of Braid· 15th June, iil34 erly comprised the MUnicipality Municipality of Goulburn. vide Government Gazette, 23rd 52. Goulburn-The wood, re-constituted, vide Government Gaz- October, 1936) . 244 0 0 (As ette, 12th October, 1934). 1,656 0 0 20. Broken Hill Municipality .. 8,932 0 0 1,260 0 0 Woonona, 53. Gr&fton Municipality... 21. Bulli-The towns of Bulli, City of Greater Coledale, Clifton, 54. Greater Newcastle-The Austinmer, Thirroul, Adamstown, Broad Wombarra, in Bulli Shire. ewcastle, embracing Scarborough, meadow, Carrington, Cook's Hill, Hamil. (The !lart described in Government Gazette, Islington, . 1,360 0 Q ton, Honeysuckle, Inglewood, 13th October, 1939) Mayfield, Newcastle, Vale Municipality. Lambton, lIIaryville, 22. Cabram&tta-Canley Merewether, Plattsburg, in Government Gazette, New Lambton, (The part described Shortlands, Stockton, Tighe's 1940) . 444 0 0 Sandgate, 1st November, Hill, Wllratah, Wallsend, Wickham 29,728 0 0 23. Camden Municipality .. 428 0 0 556 0 0 . 384 0 0 65. GrenfelJ Municipality 24. Campbelltown Municipality town of Griffith, and addi. Canowindra Urban Area 56. Griffith-The 25. Canowindra-The tional area~, in Wade Shire. (The part Boree Shire (viae Government Gazette, in described in Government Gazette. 23rd 19th April, 1929) . 408 0 0 556 0 0 of Cardiff, in Lake Mac October, 1936) 26. Cardiff-The town town of Gulgong, in Gulgong Shire. (The part described in 57. Gulgong-The quarie Shire, vidc Go'vernment Gazette, 6th June, Government Gazette, 16th October, 1931) 532 0 0 .. 1,212 0 0 1941. (The part described in Government 27. Casino Municipality 1940) 424 0 0 Municipality (as Gazette, 1st November, 28. Cessnock-(I) Cessnock town of Gundagai, in vide Government Gazette, 22nd 58. Gundagai-The conStituted, Gundagai Shire. (The part described in October, 1926); (2) the towns of Bellbird, Government Gazette, 21st November, 1930) 408 0 0 Kitchener, KeaI'!!ley, Abernethy, in Shire) 59. Gunnedah Municipality (as re-constituted, Kearsley Shire (la.te Cessnock 18th June, 1937). 324 0 0 in Government vide Government Gazette, Being the area described Guyra, in Guym Shire. 1923, and the 60. Guyra-The town of Gazette, 6th October, described in Government GazeUe, parts described in Government (The part additional 31st May, 1929) 280 0 0 Gazette,3rd Oct.,1924,and 12th Oct., 1928) 2,212 0 0 328 0 0 of Charle~ 61. Hay Municipality...... 29. Charlestown-The Townships of Hillston, in the in Lake lI1acquarie G:!. Hi;Mon-The town town and Kahibah, of Hillston. (The part part described in Government Jllunjcipality Shire. (The d~seribed in Government Gazette, 2nd November, 1936) .. 312 0 0 Gazette, 6th HJ36) . 368 0 0 Municipality of Cobar. (As October, 30. Cobar-'-The Invcrell Municipality . 1,228 0 0 re·constituted, vide Government Gazelle, 63. ••••••••••••• t •••••••••••••••• 561 0 0 ~~" 1939) , 268 0 0 I f3.i. Ju.neo If 7 APPENDIX H-eontinued. Fire District. £ s. d. Fire District. £ 8. d. 65. Katoomba-ll) The Municipality of lOi. Singleton-(l) The Municipality of Single Katoomba, as re-constituted vide Gov~.rn· tOil, (2) Thc Shire of Patrick PlainB, the ment Gazette, 18~h September, 1936; (j) parts descl'ibed in Government Gazett~ of The Town of Leura, itl the Shire of 24th Scptember, 1937-Combo, DunoLly, Blue Mounta.ins. (The part described in Kelso and Redbourrtberry. 40 0 0 Government Gazette, 17th August,1934) .. 1.9 8 0 0 105, South Grafton-The Municipality of Sonth 66. Kempsey Municipality . 516 0 0 Grafton. (As re-constituted, 'Vide Govern· 67. Kiama 352 0 0 ment Gazettel 9th J nne, 1939) 436 0 0 68. Kurr~ Kurri':'(l) Th~.. ·t;;\~~~ .. ~i .. A..b~·~: 106. Sutherland-Thc town of Suthedand, with mam, Heddon Greta., Kurri KUrJ'i.Neath. Coml), Gymea Bay, ,Janalli, l\Iiranda. &c., W~ston, in Kea.rsley Shire (late Cc snock in l3utherland. hU·e. (The part dl!Bcribed in Shl1'e). (The part descri Led in Govpnllllellt GOL'emmenl Ga:elte, 15th Novembl!r,1940) 680 0 0 Gazelte 26th .Tuno, 1931,II.nd the altlitironal 107. Swanse'lr-The township of Swansea, iri part described in Government GMetle ~ake Macquarie Shire. (The part described 28th October, 1932). (2) The towns of m Government Gazetle, 6th Nov., 1936.) ... 360 0 0 Weston. Hebburn, Pclaw Main, Stn.nford. LO . Sydney-The Municipalities of (1) City of Mcrthyr, Spion·KoI', in'rarI'o Shire. (The Sydney, (2) Aleundria, (3) Annandale, pl\rts described ill Government Gazelle ith (4) Allhfield, (as re-c0l1stitnted, vide Gov November. 1927) . 1,412 0 0 ermne'ltt Gazette, ::l-ith October, 1941), (5) Kyogle-Th~ 69. Kyogle Urban Area, in Auburn, (6) Balmain, (7) Baukstown. (8) Kyogle Shire .. 456 0 0 Bexley. (9) Botany, (10) Burwood, (11) 70. Leeton-The town of Leeton, in WiIlim. Canterbury (as re-constituted, vide Gov bong Shirt'. (The part desoribed in ernment Gazette, 24th October, 1941), (12) 0'vernment Gazette, 1st eptember, 1939) 0 0 0 Concord (as re·constituted vide Govern· 71. Llsmore Munioipalitv . 1,8-18 0 0 ment Gazetle, 3rd December, 1937), (13) 72. Lithgow • .. . 1,424 0 0 Darlington, (14) Drummoyne, (as re-con 73. LiverpOOl .. .. . 1,00(\ 0 0 stituted, 1!ide Government Gazette, 24t11 74. Lockhart--The Lockha.rt Urba.n Arca in October, 1941), (15) Dundas (vide Govern Lockhart Shire. (As proclaimed' in ment Gazelte, 18th November, 1927), Government Gazette, 28th February, 1930) 50t 0 0 (16) Eastwood (~ide Government Gazette, 75. 1ibcleanMunicipality. (The part dcscribed 3rd March, 1939), (17) Enfield (as i~ Government Gazette, 20th October, 1926) 302 0 0 re.constituted, vide Government Gazette, 76. MlIo1tland-The Municipalities of (1) Mait. 14th April, 1938), (18) Ermington and land East, (2) MaitJand Wcst, (3) the town- Hydal\:nere (vide Government Gazette, ships of Kensington, Lorn. in Bolw<\rra 3nl Mny, 1920), (10) EN APPENDIX II-continuea. Fire DllItrict. Fire District. £ s. d. £ s. d. 118. Warren-The town of Warren, in the 126. Wollongong-(l) Th6 Municipality of Wo1. Municipality of Warren. (The part longong, (2) the township of Coniston, in described in Government Gazette, 17th the Shire of Centrallllawarra. (The part April, 1930) 316 0 0 described in Government Gazette, 16th 119. Warringah - The Shire of Warringah, ovember, 1934). The township of Mt. part of, embracing Avalon, Bilgola, Keira, part of, in Central Illawarra Shire. Clareville, Newport, Palm Beach, Taylor's (3) The town hip of Mt. Keira, part of, Point, and Whale Beach. (The part in the Municipality of North Illawarra. described in Government Gazette, 8th Being the township of Mt. Keira, with November, 1940) 732 0 0 boundaries all described in Government 120. Wellington Municipality...... 524 0 0 Gazettes 8th November and 15th Nov- 121. Wentworth-The town of Wentworth, iu cmber, 1940...... 2,212 0 0 the Municipality of Wentworth. (The part which formerly comprised the 127. Woy Woy-The town of Woy Woy, with Municipality, vide Government Gazette, 3rd Blackwall, Booker Bay, Ettalong, Orange October, 1941)... 324 0 0 Grove, Ocean Beach, Pearl Beach, etc., 122. Werris Creek-The town of Werris Creek, in the Shire of Woy Woy. (The part in Peel Shire. (The part described in described in Government Gazette, 21st Government Gazette, 25th August. 1933)... 436 0 0 September, 1934) 784 0 0 123. West Wallsend-The townShips of (1) Estellville, (2) Holmesville, (3) West Wallsend, in Lake Macquarie Shire. (The 128. Wyong-The town of Wyong, in Erina part described in Governmenl Gazette, 8th Shire. (The part described in Government July, 1932) 352 0 0 Gazette, 11th September, 1936)...... 364 0 0 124. West Wyalong-The town improvement areas of Wyalong and West Wyalong, in 129. Yass-The Municipality of Yass (at! re·con· Bland Shire (vide Government Gazette, 25th stituted, vide Government Gazette, 8th September, 1936) 648 0 0 November, 1935) 584 0 0 125. Windsor-The Municipalities of (1) Wind· sor; (2) Richmond; (3) The townships of 130. Young Municipality...... 732 0 0 Riverstone and Schofields in Blacktown Shire. (The part described in Government Gazette, 25th November, 1927 and the additional part described in Government Total £547,024 0 0 Gazette, 6th November, 1936) l,lO! 0 0 APPENDIX Ill. CONTRIBUTIONS by l\1"uni0ipal and 8hiro Councils, 1942. C<>uncil. Contribution. Council. Contribution. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. Albury . 348 0 0 36. Campbelltown . 96 0 0 2. Alexandria . 971 11 2 37. Canterbury . 4,497 5 5 3. Annandale . 626 15 6 38. Casino . 303 0 0 4. Armidale . 295 0 0 39. Central IllaW'arra Shire, on acoount of the 5. Ashfield . 2,839 15 1 town of Port Kembh .. 251 0 0 6. Auburn . 978 5 3 40. Central IUawarra. Shire, on account of the 7. Ballina . 116 0 0 townships of Coniston aqd Mt. Keira '" 16 13 4 8. Balmain . 1,355 3 8 41. Ceutral Illawarra Shire, oft account of the 9. Balranald .. 91 0 0 town "f Dapto .. . 83 0 0 10. Bankstown . 1,219 14 1 42. Cessnock . 412 18 8 11. Barraba .. 88 0 0 43. Cobar . 67 0 0 12. Bathurst . 335 0 0 44. Concord . 1,740 6 1 13. Baulkham Hills Shire, portion gazetted 151 0 0 22nd August, 1924 .. 72 10 1 ~~: g~~~~~~l~hi~:' .~~ "~~~~~;;t' ~f' 'th~'t~~ ~~: ~:~g~~ shi~·,··~~··~~~~~~t··~f··th~··t~~ 69 0 () of Coolamon . 122 0 0 .. 47. Cooma, portion gazetted 9th November, of Bellingen . 100 0 0 1917 . 03 0 0 16. Berry . 70 0 0 48. Coonabarabran Shire, on account of the 17. Bexley . 1,144 2 4 town of Coonabarabran . 83 0 0 18. Blackheath, port.ion gazetted lOth 49. Coonamble ~ 03 0 0 November, 1939 .. 157 17 8 50. Cootamundra . 165 0 0 19. Bland Shire, on account of the town im 51. Corowa .. 150 0 0 provement areas of Wyalong and West 52. Cowra .. 144 0 0 Wyalong . 162 0 0 53. Crookwell Shire, on account of the town 20. Blacktown Shire, on account of the town. of Crookwell '" .. 107 0 0 ship of Ble.ektown . 65 0 0 54. Darlington . 164 311 21. Blacktown Shire, on account of Sydney 55. Deniliquin .. 137 0 0 Fire District . 165 16 10 56. Dorrigo Shire, on account of the town of 22. Blacktown Shire, on account of the town Dorrigo . 92 0 0 ships of Riverstone and Schofields . 58 4 7 57. Dorrigo Shire, on account of the town of 23. Blue Mountains Shire, portion gazetted 17th O>££'s Harbour . 117 0 0 August, 1934, Katoomba . 30 4 4 58. Dungog . 75 0 0 24. Blue Mountains Shirc, portions gazetted 59. Drummoyne . 2,047 7 10 29th October, 1937 .. 306 0 0 60. Duhbo . 320 0 0 25. Blue Mountains Shire, on account of the 61. Dundas . 421 8 3 town of Mount Victoria . 15 2 4 62. Eastwood, portion gazetted 3rd March, 1939 196 8 5 26. BolwarraShire, on account of the townships 63. Enfield . 775 10 5 of Kensington and Lom .. 86 3 4 64. Erina Shire, on account of the town of 37. Boree Shire, on account of the Canow'indra Gosford . 1 10 11 UrbanArea . 102 0 0 65. Erina Shire, on account of the town of 28. Botany .. 572 4 0 Wyong .. 91 0 0 29. Bourke . 90 0 0 66. Ermington and Ryda1mere .. 95 7 10 30. BOW'Ial . 98 0 0 67. Erskineville . 263 15 7 31. Broken Hill . 2,233 0 0 68. Fairfield, portion gazetted 2nd May, 1930 329 6 10 32. Bulli Shire, on account of the townships of 69. FOl'bes . 190 0 0 Bulli, Woonona., Austinmer, Thirroul, 70. Gilgandra Shire, on accollnt of tbe Coledale, Clifton, Scarborough and Wom· Gilgaudra Urban Area .. 101 0 0 barra . 340 0 0 71. Glebe .. 1,099 011 33. Burwood .. 1,540 10 10 72. Glen Innes . 295 0 0 34. Cabramatta-Canley Vale, portion gazetted I 73. Gosford . 152 9 1 1st November, 1940 .. III 0 0 74. Goulburn . 414 0 0 35. Camden . 107 0 0 75. Grafton .. 315 0 0 D APPENDIX Ill-CoNTRIBUTIONS by Municipa.l and Shire Councils-continued. Council. Contribution. Council. Contribution. £ s. d. £ B. d. 76. Grafton, South . 109 0 0 139. Narromine . 102 0 0 77. Granville .. 981 15 6 140. Newtown .. 1,299 14 11 78. Greater Newcastle . 7,432 0 0 141. North Dlawarra, on account of the town. 79. Grenfell . 139 0 0 ships of Corrimal, Balgownie and Fairy 80. Gulgong Shire, on account of the town of .Meadow 179 0 0 Gulgong . 106 0 0 142. ~orth IlIawarra, on account of the town· 81. Gundagai Shire, on account of the town ship of Mt. Keira .. 594 of Gundagai . 102 0 0 143. North Sydney .. 4,108 16 2 82. Gunnedah . 81 0 0 144. Nowra . 93 0 0 83. Guyrn. Shire, on account of the town of 145. Nyngan .. 98 0 0 Guyra . 70 0 0 146. Orange .. 368 0 0 84. Hay . 82 0 0 147. Paddington . 1,133 4 11 85. Hillston, on account of the town of 148. Parkes .. 148 0 0 Hillst;on . 92 0 0 149. Parramatta . 1118 1 10 86. Holroyd Municipality, portion gazetted 150. Patrick Plains Shire, on account Combo. 22nd December, 1&33 .. 755 11 1 Dunolly, Kelso and Redbournberry 6 15 87. Homebush . 263 14 0 151. Peak Hill, on account of the town of 88. Hornsby Shire, portion gazetted 31st Peak Hill. . 30 0 0 July, 1936 .. 1038 11 9 152. Peel Shire, on account of the town of 89. Hunter's Hill . 517 10 6 Werris Creek . 109 0 0 90. Hurstville .. 1,414 16 2 153. Penrith .. 109 0 0 91. Inverell . 307 0 o 154. Petersham . 1,703 0 8 92. Junee .. 141 0 o 155. Queanbeyan . 117 0 0 93. Katoomba .. 466 15 8 156. Quirindi . 102 0 0 9;. Kearsley Shire, on account of the townships 157. Randwick .. 6,1 1 17 6 of Abernethy, Kearsley, Bellbird, and 158. Redfern .. 993 10 4 Kitehener . 140 1 4 159. Richmond . 101 12 4 95. Kearsley Shire, on aocount of the town 160. Rockdale . 2,289 14 7 ships of Kurri Kurri, Weston, Abermain, 161. Ryde . 1,781 7 1 Heddon Grata .. 314 1 3 162. Scone . 113 0 0 96. Kearsley Shire, on aocount of the town 163. Singleton . 95 4 8 ships of Homeville and Rutherford ...... 75 !) 6 164. St. Peters .. 560 7 11 97. Kearsley Shire, on account of the township 165. Strathfield .. 1.006 14 3 of Paxton . 13 0 o 166. Sutherland Shire, on account of the town 98. Kempsey .. 129 0 o of Cronulla, Burraneer Bay, CariJJgbah, 99. Kiama .. 88 0 o Gunnamatta Bay, Port Hacking, &c...... 404 0 0 100. Kogarah . 1.720 12 2 167. Sutberland Shire. on account of the toWI!. 101. Ku-ring-gai Municipality, portion gazetted of Sutherland, Gymea Bay. Janalli. 28th October, 1938 . 3,507 14 5 Miranda. etc. 145 0 0 102. Kyogle Shire, on account of the Kyogle 168. Sydney 23.543 18 9 Urban Area .. 114 0 0 169. Tallaganda Shire, on account of the town 103. Lake Macquarie Shire. on account of the of Braidwood .. 61 0 0 townships of Belmont. South Belmont, 170. Tamworth . 342 0 0 Marks Point . 144 0 0 171. Taree . 89 0 0 104. Lake Macquarie Shire, on account of the 172. Tarro Shire, on acoount of the townships of toWnships of BoolM'oo, Argenton. Teralba Weston. Hebburn, Pelaw Main, Stanford and Warner's Bay .. 179 0 0 Merthyr, and Spion Kop . 38 18 9 105. Lake Macquarie Shire, on aocOWlt of the 173. Ta1'1'o Shire, on account of the townsbip of town of Cardiff .. 133 0 0 Tenambit . 608 106. Lake Macquarie Shire. on account of the 174. Temora .. 14'; 0 0 tOWDships of Charlestown and Kahibah 78 0 0 175. Tenterficld .. b8 0 0 107. Lake Macquarie Shire. on account of the 176. Tintcnbar SJ-Jre, on account of the township township of Swansea .. 90 0 0 of Alstonville .. 64 0 0 108. Lake Macquario Shire, on account of the 177. Tumut Shire. on aocount of the town townships of Estellvillc, Holmesville, and ofTumut .. ()4 0 0 West Wallsend .. 88 0 0 178. Tweed Shire, on account of Tweed HeMls 109. Lake Macquarie Shire, on account of the Urban Area...... I 0 0 township of Toronto .. 153 o 0 179. Vaucluse...... !}(j4 13 3 110. Lane Cove . 1,045 6 3 180. Wade Shire, on account of the town of 111. Leichhardt .. 1,279 3 3 Griffith...... 13!) 0 0 112. Lidcombe .. 1,004 8 8 181. Wagga Wagga 530 0 0 113. Lismore . 462 o 0 182. Walgett. Shire. on account oj the to"n 114. Lithgow . 356 o 0 ofWalgett . 75 0 0 115. Liverpool .. 274 o 0 183. Warren, on a.coount of tbe town of Warren 79 0 0 116. Lockhart Shire, on account of the Urban 18'!. Warringah hIre, portions gn.zctted 8th Area of Lockhart .. 126 0 0 Noyember, 1940 1.127 17 6 117. Lyndhurst Shire. on account of the Blayney 185. Warringah ::;hirc, on account of A,-alon, Urban Area . 92 0 o Bilgola, Clareville, Newport, Palm 118. Maclean . 9 0 o Beach, Taylor's Point and Whale Beach 1 3 0 0 119. Maitland, East .. 186 2 3 186. Waterloo . 1,076 18 0 120. Maitland, West .. 474 4 3 187. Waverley .. 4,501 10 7 121. Manilla .. 97 0 o 188. Wellington . 131 0 0 122. Mauly . 2,298 15 8 189. Wentworth . 81 0 0 123. Marrickville .. 2,753 4 8 190. Willimbong Shire, on account of the town 124. Mascot .. 840 15 6 of Leeton . 220 0 0 125. Molong .. In 0 o 191. WiIloughby . 3,033 10 10 126. Moree . 136 0 o 192. Windsor . 116 3 1 127. Morpeth .. 64 0 o 193. WiJJgecarribee Shire, on account of the 128. Mosman . 2,206 3 6 town of Moss Va.le . 82 0 0 129. Mudgee . 99 0 o 194. Woollahra .. 4,928 I 6 130. Mullumbimby . 98 0 o 195. Wollongong . 530 17 4 131. Murrumburrah . 120 0 o 196. Woodbum Shire. on aocount of the town 132. Murrurundi . 97 0 o of Coraki .. 73 0 0 133. Murwillumbah .. 163 0 o 197. Woy Woy Shire, portion gazetted 21st 134. Muswellbrook .. 92 0 o September, 1934 .. 196 0 0 135. Namoi Shire, on account of the town of 19 Yass .. 146 0 0 "Vest Narrabri.. .. 19 10 9 199. young . 1 3 0 lJ 136. Nattai Shire. on account of the town of Mittagong . 114 0 0 Total £136.756 0 0 137. Narrabri . 119 9 3 138. Narrandera .. 185 0 0 10 APPENDIX IV. CONTRIBUTORY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FIRMS. Insurance Companif18. J. Ajax Insurance Co. (LW.) ~~. Lon'lon Gturantee & Acci.lc·nt Co. (Ltd.) 2. Alliance Assurance Co. (Ltd.) bi). Lon.lon & Lancashir~ In,uranc~ Co. (Ltd.) 3. Assurance and Thrift Association (Ltd.) 66. London & Prol"iucial )L & G. InsuranLo Cn. \ Ll-d). 4. AtlM A_suranee Co. (Ltd.) 67. T,nnrl, n & coU.i·h A,surance Curpomtinn (Lt APPENDIX V. Attendances at Board Meetings for the year 1942. MectiJlA'S. 1---- -,----- Present. Absenc. *The Hon. Thomas Januarius Smith .. 40 11 Thomas Sidney Douglas, J.P. . .. 47 4 Edward Noel IIaythorpe. J.P . 48 3 Francis WestIake \Valton . 44 7 The Hon. Thomas Davies Mutch . 50 1 Alderman Hector Kenneth West Mackenzie . 51 John Franklin Beswick, J.P. .. .. 51 Maurice James Piper, J.P. .. . 51 Total: 50 Ordinary Meetings. 1 Extraordinary Meeting. • Illness. APPENDIX VI. ~17 Castlereagh-sh' et, During the year 5,270 calls to fires were received. Of ~nd 'ydney, January, 1943. these, 1,370 were fires in buildings, 18 ship fires, 34 chimney 'The He('rdary, DO:II"l of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., fires, 2,001 bush, grass and rubbish fire, 1,304 fal e alarms, Sydney. of which 492 were malicious, 161 miscellaneous fires, 110 motor ~ -'il', car fires, 6 motor bus fires, 206 on other kinds of motor I herewith submit my report on the wOI'k and operations \'ehiclcs; the number of calls represent an increase of four of the )lew South Wales Fire Brigades for the year ended 31st Decelllber, 1942. (4). There were four serious fires during the year, viz.:- Date. Locality. Occupier. Business. 20th May...... 1G8-173 Day Street, City 1 Commonwealth DOminionSl1 Manufacturers Agents. Agencies Pty. Ltd. and Others. . 26th June ...... 111-113 Foveaux Street, City . C. C. Rawson Pty. Ltd. and Canvas Goods Manu- Others. facturers. 22nd September... Mitchell Road, Alexandria .. S. H. Buttle Pty. Ltd. Wholesalo Grocers 26th Ootober ...... Wendouree House,43 BayStreet, Wonder·Welt Shoes Pty. Shoe Manufaoturers. Glebe. Ltd. and Others. 'The number of SUSpICIOUS or intentional fire was 70. Thi A.R.P. INSTRUCTION. an innease of 3 compared with last year. The eniees of officers and men are still being utilised in 'Thirty-nine (39) firemen were injured at fhe , fifteen (15) ('onne('tion with A.R.P. instl"Uction and demonstrations to the cf whom did not relinquish duty. if general public, and instruction and training in fire-fighting to Rtreet fire alarms in Sydney and suburbs now numb<.>r lUem bel'S of the Armed Forces is being continned. HO, thr<.>e additional having been erected during the year. Thefts of parts of street fire alarms still continue. MOTOR FrnE ApPLIANCES. The strength of the brigade is 140 officers and 644 per New motor pnmping appliances wero installed at Alexanc1ria, manent men. .Mascot, Lidcombe, Hornsby and Matraville. An appliance with greatel' pumping eapacity was provided at Manly, whilst During the year ten (10) firemen l'esigned their appoint :111 l'xchange of appliances was effected at the Showground mc·nts. . tation. It is with regret that the Chief Officer report the death of Eight (8) new utility trucks were placed in service during 8pnior Fireman M. L. Griffin, \vho met his death as a result the year. of injuries l'eceived at a fire at Marrickville on 11th June, 1942. The Department of Home Secnrity has made available to fhe Board eight (8) Mack 750 g.p.m. pumping engines under ., nb-station Officers T. Chapmnn and W. A. Taylor, Ex lease-lend arrangements. station Officers J. Graham, W. P. Moriarty and W. haw, Ex rpnior Firemen W. Be t and J. F. Palmer, and ex-First-class Fireman G. Parsons also pa sed away during the year. WATER SUPPLY. The number of persons bnrned at fires was 107, of whom ",100,2 9 gallons of fresh water and 4,10,l,308 gallons of fh'c (5) were burned to death and se\'en (7) succumbed to their sa 1t \Va ter were used in extinguishing fires. injuries. Improvements and extension of the water supply in the There were 682 cases of sickness and accident, ninety-eight City and suburbs are being maintained. of which did not necessitate mcmher goin'" off duty, the total number of days lost being 11,766. RrgulaI' inspections of street hydrants were carried out and \vater pressures taken. Any matters needing attpntion were The following members retired from the Department: brought under the notice of the ~Ietropolitall Water, Sewerage Third Officer S. A. Tuck, District Offi('('r J. J. McCarthy, amI Drninage Board. Stalion Offieers R. Pearsoll, . G. Alexander, R. C':lIII pbell, C. Trelovn and Senior Fireman P. "-'all:1('e und First·das Fire man L. Chapple, they hrwing reached the retiring ng-e, whilst NEW BUILDI.-OS. Station Officer R. Stuntz, Senior Firrll1en S. J. Wilson and The number of new buildings er<.>eted in the City during T. Shannon were retired through physical incapacity. the year was nine, and in the suburbs, 1,820. 'rHEATRES AND PLACES OF AMuSEMENT. Changes of appliances were made at Bellingen, Peak Hill, Inspections of all theatres and public halls licensed under Cowra, Dorrigo and Toronto. the Theatres and Public Halls Act were made by Brigade Officers, and reports furnished as to the adequacy and efficiency ~f the fire appliances, as well as the provision of adequate At Peak llill a new station was erected by the Council and requirements for the safety of the public in case of fire or is under lease to the Board. panic. CoNCOURSE DUTY. It is with regret that the following deaths which occurred Concourse duty is regularly maintained. during the year are recorded:-oaptain J. S. Rutter (Bega), BmLDING ADVISORY CoMMITTEE. Captain C. T. Woolfe (Narromine), Captain T. Martens The Building Advisory Committee has not yet completed (Pa:ll:ton), Captain C. D. Tweddcll (Walgett), Volunteer Fire the framing of Regulations respecting the control of buildings men J. F. Barnes (Goulburn), C. Carlyon (Hamilton), W. coming within the purview of the Sydney Corporation Act. Allwork (Kull'i Kurri), J. Brown (Weston), T. J. Gerling STANDARDS ASSOCIATION or AUSTRALIA. (Bulli), Honorary Members A. L. Jenkins (Boolaroo), J. The Standards Association has not yet finalised rules respect ing the installation of hose and hydrant system, chemical Mowett (llamilton), J. llogg (Wallsend), and Auxiliary Fire extinguishers, and sprinkler and automatic fire alarm installa men D. Webster (Mortdale) and E. Ward (Auburn). tions, and the maintenance of such. BUSH FI&ES. Visits of inspection were regularly made by Brigade Inspec The publicity campaign with respect to the prevention of tors and the Motor Officers and members of the Mechanical outbreaks of bush fires is being continued by the Bush Fires and Electrical Staffs; in addition, members of the Board and Advisory Committee. Chicf Officer inspected a number of stations throughout the COUNTRY B&IGADEs. State, and presented long service medals to volunteer firemen. The number of calls to fires and supposed fires was 2,100, being an increase of 209 compared with that of the pre.ious Opportunity is taken to thank the Commissioner of Police year. and staff of the Police Department, officers of the Metro The most serious tires were:- politan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, the Hunter Date. Locality. Occupier. I Business. District Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Newcastle, also those of the Sydney Municipal Council and the SYdney County 27th JUne ...... Kyogle Road, Kl'ogle ...... Junors Pty. Ltd.... General Store. ("ouncil for their valued assistance. 5th August ...... Main Southern Road, Tooth & Co...... Malt Works. Mittagong. 20th November 182 Monaro Street, Quean· Royal Hotel ...... Licensed beyan. Victualler. C. D. RICllARDSON, Chief Officer. Sydney: Alfred Henry Pettifer, Acting (J{)vernment Prtnter-19(S.