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Pictures from the Past
When the new superintendent of the Gisborne Fire Brigade, Mr E. C. Smith, takes up his appointment at the beginning of September he will be the fourth to fill that position in 74 years.
The long service of superintendents and other brigade officers gives interest to the pictures on this page, in one of which the retiring superintendent, Mr J. W. Kane, is seen as a junior foreman. He has been super. since 1919.
(Pictures from Mr S. Ledger, a long–service member of the brigade).
The Gisborne representative team which competed in the Fire Brigades Demonstration at the Auckland Exhibition in 1914. In front are G. T. Wildish, deputy–superintendent and coach of the team, R. J. Wildish, T. J. Donovan (captain), J. Weston, and T. Morrison, the selector. On the engine are F. Clarke, J. T. Lloyd, and S. L. Ledger.
Probably taken in 1912, this picture shows brigade members of that time. Front row: Ernie Cassidy, Teddy McKenzie, Smale, Sid Wildish. Second row: W. Wilding, J. Kane (junior foreman), G. T. Wildish (deputy–superintendent), J. Thompson (superintendent), A. Thompson (senior foreman), D. Ferguson (secretary), J. Stewart. Third row: Arthur Boer, Ralph Wildish, Billy Fraser, Tom Morrison, Sid Ledger, Jim McLauchlan. Back row: Hector Swann, Hugh Shields, Bill Griffin, Tom Donovan, Jim Weston.
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, J. Weston, and T. Morrison, the selector. On the engine are F. Clarke, J. T. Lloyd, and S. L. Ledger.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 37 : July 25, 1957'); void 0){kind=link}
, J. Weston, and T. Morrison, the selector. On the engine are F. Clarke, J. T. Lloyd, and S. L. Ledger.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 37 : July 25, 1957'); void 0){kind=link}
, G. T. Wildish (deputy–superintendent), J. Thompson (superintendent), A. Thompson (senior foreman), D. Ferguson (secretary), J. Stewart. Third row: Arthur Boer, Ralph Wildish, Billy Fraser, Tom Morrison, Sid Ledger, Jim McLauchlan. Back row: Hector Swann, Hugh Shields, Bill Griffin, Tom Donovan, Jim Weston.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 37 : July 25, 1957'); void 0){kind=link}
, G. T. Wildish (deputy–superintendent), J. Thompson (superintendent), A. Thompson (senior foreman), D. Ferguson (secretary), J. Stewart. Third row: Arthur Boer, Ralph Wildish, Billy Fraser, Tom Morrison, Sid Ledger, Jim McLauchlan. Back row: Hector Swann, Hugh Shields, Bill Griffin, Tom Donovan, Jim Weston.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 37 : July 25, 1957'); void 0){kind=link}
, G. T. Wildish (deputy–superintendent), J. Thompson (superintendent), A. Thompson (senior foreman), D. Ferguson (secretary), J. Stewart. Third row: Arthur Boer, Ralph Wildish, Billy Fraser, Tom Morrison, Sid Ledger, Jim McLauchlan. Back row: Hector Swann, Hugh Shields, Bill Griffin, Tom Donovan, Jim Weston.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 37 : July 25, 1957'); void 0){kind=link}