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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1971

6 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Fire Brigade Helps Ambulance

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 24 June 1971 · page 2

The Urunga Fire Brigade is working to help the Ambulance to establish a station at Urunga and with this goal in mind, they organised a ball at Urunga…

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Council Maintenance Costs Under Fire

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 24 June 1971 · page 1

At Monday’s meeting of Council, Cr. Vost said that Council seemed to continue to overspend on maintenance and although he did not wish to suggest the work was not carried he felt that the roads and streets are as bad as ever they…

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Old Fire Station Goes

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 2 September 1971 · page 2

After many years of faithful service, sheltering the trusty fire engine the Sawtell Fire Station, was vacated on Monday and the engine sheltered in a shed at the…

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Higher Penalties for Fires

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 16 September 1971 · page 1

The Penalties for breaches of the regulations dealing with fire on State forests and timber…

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Fire Prevention Week Message From Local Fire Captain

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 28 October 1971 · page 1

This week has Been and still is, Fire Prevention Week. During this week, in particular, the attention of the public is drawn to the ways in which fire tragedies…

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Main Road 540 Under Fire

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 18 November 1971 · page 1

Some time recently the Sawtell and District Chamber of Commerce wrote to Council again…

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