The Fire brigade act was established 20 December 1890 Re collapse of the land boom; 1-5 May 1893 The Government proclaimed five bank holidays as a result of four banks and other financial institutions having stopped payment. However this did not prevent the suspension of five more of the associated banks regards Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com