Win for Fire Brigade
The members of the Fire Brigade billiard team were the guests of the president and members of the Sergeants' Mess of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1944
357 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 18
Captain’s Powers Bush Fire Brigades Burning Firebreaks
In a letter to the Goodradigbee Shire Council, Mr. R. J. Roche, hon. secretary, Binalong Bush Fire Brigade, asked Council to ascertain…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., in a statement drawing attention to the danger of bush fires, writes:…
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A new salvage pump, of the same capacity as the old one, has been sent to the Goulburn Fire Brigade and the old one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors, Fires and Insurances
The Department of Road Transport has advised the Local Government Association that authorised insurers have decided…
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The Shires' Association, writing to the Gunning shire Council, set out the views of, the Department of Road Transport on bushfire fighting and insurance Authorised insurers had…
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LONDON, Sunday: When an aviation, petrol store tank buried in a hillside was bombed during. an enemy air raid, members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reminder to All Bush Fire Brigades
At the monthly meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council held yesterday a full attendance of councillors decided that a reminder be, issued to all Bush Fire Brigades to the effect that their annual meetings must be held by September 30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Bush Fire Brigades
At the monthly meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council a full attendance of councillors decided that a reminder be issued to all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRE Country Homestead Destroyed Complete Loss
Mr. R. Connell’s homestead at “Dowan Hill,” Jeir, was destroyed by fire early on Friday morning. Only the walls…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Prevention and Fighting Details of Policy Set Out
An important circular dealing with many phases of bush fire prevention and fighting was received by Mulwaree Shire Council at its recent meeting from the Bush Fires Advisory Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire at Gunning
A bushfire has been burning in the hills about seven miles south of Gunning. The fire is in green timber and scrub country. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gundary Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Gundary Fire Brigade will be held in the Mulwaree Shire office on Wednesday, September…
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SYDNEY: Thousand of live bombs were removed from a building on fire in Miller Street, North Sydney, last night. The building,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundaroo Fire Brigade's Year
Members of the Gundaroo Bush Fire Brigade attended the annual meeting held on Saturday last, business being the receiving, of the annual balance sheet, election of office-bearers and other matters brought forward…
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The quarterly Fire Brigade social was held at the station on Friday night. Sgt. Athol Hughes, a pianist from 114th A.G.H.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Lost Their Biggest Fort Before it Could Fire a Shot
LONDON: What is possibly the biggest fortification in the world was discovered almost by accident north of Soissons, central France, when the Allies over ran this sector. No shot was ever fired from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →B-29 Bombing Trip to Japan Dazzling Searchlights : Night Attack Planes and Intense Ack-Ack Fire
CHUNGKING, China: Eleven crowmen and myself, assembled near the nose wheel, and Major R.E., our pilot captain, handed out our money belts, first aid kits and language books. It was late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombers on Borneo Oil Plant Comes Under Fire
Somewhere in Australia: Liberators attacked oil plants at Balikpapan in Dutch North Borneo and did considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundary Bush Fire Brigade Holds Its Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Gundary Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Mulwaree Shire Office, Goulburn on September 20. Present were: Mr. R. C. A. Peden, captain, in the chair, also the shire president, Cr. Hunt,…
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