Fire-fighters Forestry Department Award. Melbourne
The Arbitration Court to-day refused to make provision for penalty rates to be paid to employees of the Forestry Department who incur overtime when…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 23
32,000-Ton Liner Scuttled by Germans in Atlantic Intercepted by British Warship After Ship Had [?]Een Set on Fire Cargo of Oil Fo Enemy Raiders London
Intercepted by a British warship while making a dash for Germany after having sneaked out of a Mexican port on Friday, the German 32,000 ton passenger liner, Columbus, was scuttled in the Atlantic. The German crew set fire to the Columbus, which had 25,000 barrels of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scuttled and Set on Fire
Germany suffered further heavy loss by the scuttling and ourning of the North German Lloyd liner, Columbus. The liner was intercepted by a British warship. The Columbus was a vessel of 32,354 tons and a running mate to…
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After harvesting had just been completed at Mr. G. K. Holden's property, near Inverell, on Thursday, a flash of lightning started a fire in a nearby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Third Death Victoria Hut Fire Victim. Melbourne
The third death occurred to-day in the Beech worth Hospital as a result of a fire that destroyed a bag hut at Yellow Creek on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades New Records in N.S.W. SYDNEY
The fire brigades established new records in 1939. The secretary of the Fire Board stated to-day that the brigades had…
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