Heavy Fine for Lighting Fire in Danger Period
At a sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions, Coramba. Andrew Toms, of Brooklama was fined £50 and 12/ court…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
181 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 10
Grafton's Crown Tops It All Lismore Ready: Blaze Of Colour
LISMORE, Sunday. -- Lismore tonight was a blaze of dazzling colour never before seen at any centre in the north-east corner of the State. Thousands…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales last night informed the South Grafton Municipal Council that it had no plans at present for a new fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Should Study Bush Fires Act
Mr. A. D. Tyler, S.M., send in the Wingham Court of Petty Sessions that it was the duty of farmers to make themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Len Hutton Under Fire
BRIDGETOWN, Friday. -- English batting ace of other seasons, Denis Compton, struck form with a 65 not out as England fought back grimly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire On Launch
MACLEAN, Mon. -- Late yesterday, when a licensed motor launch was returning with a catch from the Lake…
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BRISBANE, Fri.--The old Cremorne Theatre, South Brisbane, was razed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades Purely Voluntary
The secretary of Coffs Harbour District Council of the Banana Growers' Federation has received the following reply…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs. --"The people of Upper Orara have become very fire-conscious. Although the…
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CAIRO, Mon.--Panicky troops and police last night fired into marching demonstrators boisteriously acclaiming General Neguib's return as President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wife Says Husband Set fire To Her
SYDNEY, Mon.--Frederick George Green, a labourer, of Neutral Bay, had sprayed her with methylated spirits and set Fire to her, his wife told the Divorce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£150,090 Fire in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Fri.-- Police and Army volunteers fought desperately to-night to control more than 50,000 people…
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A Tullawadjah mill owner, Charles Leonard Gam, charged under the Bush Fires Prevention Act…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Seven firemen and a ship's officer collapsed while fighting a fire to-day in the hold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade To Give Request Display
By request of the City Council the Grafton Fire Brigade will give a public demonstration of brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Made Endeavour to Comply with Law Bellingen Shire Bushfire Case
"The facts indicate that defendants did make endeavours to comply with the law. They were not orally informed of the conditions which the permit would contain." said Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., when imposing a nominal penalty on Patrick John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sleeper Cutter Fined £5 for Starting a Bushfire
A sleeper cutter [?] Upper Corindi, Frederick roy Miller, was fined £5 for throwing down a lighted match which started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade For Woolgoolga
WOOLGOOLGA. -- A public meeting at Woolgoolga decided to form a volunteer fire brigade. A call has been made for volunteers…
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COFFS HARBOUR.--Patrick John Nolan and James Walter Fogarty were each fined £2, with 12 court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Radio For Bush Fires?
The Bush Fire Committee, together with wireless experts from Government Departments and commercial organisations,…
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