Palestine Cease Fire Starts
LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. (A.A.P.)--The United Nations' Mediator in Palestine (Count Bernadotte) has proposed that the United Nations four weeks' truce for the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
199 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 10
Arabs Ordered To Cease Fire
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Lighting men of the Arab Legion have been ordered to cease fire in Palestine at 8 a.m. local time to-morrow, a Transjordan communique issued in Amman announces…
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THE murmurings from South-East Asia which followed Mr. Calwell's expulsions of Chinese and Malays from Australia developed into more ominous rumblings as soon as Mr. MacMahon Ball arrived among our northern neighbours on his goodwill…
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THE Returned Soldiers' League has bought the land in Prince street where Mr. Allan Reedman's shop was. Looking from the…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--It is officially announced in Damascus that Jewish forces have broken the United Nations'…
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The Forestry Commission is taking no chances of fires destroying the forests under its control. A series of fire…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A spectacular fire in the R.A. showgrounds to-night, gutted the pavilion and destroyed hundreds of tons of crude…
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WATERVIEW.--A fire in the hay shed of Mr. G. Power, of Waterview, has caused damage to the extent of between £350 and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--Proprietors of buildings in Sydney, Newcastle, Wolloneong and 18 country centres were warned by the…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Fears were expressed by officials of the Fire Brigade Officers' Association tonight that firemen and officers…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.--Fire engines, originally purchased by the Commonwealth Government and deployed in strategic positions throughout Sydney and suburbs during the war to deal with fires, arising from possible bombing raids,will be used to…
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A new "La France" fire engine has arrived in Coffs Harbour for use by the Forestry staff in fighting and…
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LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—Christ's birthplace—Bethlehem—came under Jewish artillary fire yesterday as Arabs and Jews Continued to fight it cut as the United Nations was making up its mind on what should be done to halt the conflict…
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A serious fire, which broke out in the Murwillumbah High School last Tuesday night, destroyed a…
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JERUSALEM,1 Sunday (A.A.P.).--The cease fire in Jerusalem began at 5.20 a.m. local time yesterday. Jewish troops, who had 'infiltrated into the Old City on Friday night, then withdrew. The cease fire followed the…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. (A.A.P.).--In a bitterly worded cable to the Secretary-General of U.N.O. (Mr. Trygve Lie) last night, the Secretary-General of the Arab…
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LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Both Arabs and Jews yesterday issued orders to their forces throughout Palestine to cease fighting at 3 p.m. G.M.T. (1 a.m. to-day Sydney time) in compliance with the United Nations Security Council demand…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--State Cabinet to-day approved a bush fire and control Bill. It will consolidate and amend the laws relating to…
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Farmers with large areas of grassland should now burn firebreaks as a precaution against summer bush fires, said…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The worst fire ever to occur at Brighton swept through the shopping centre and caused, damage estimated at £200,000. Police had to be rushed to the fire from Melbourne to control…
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