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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

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Gunning. Bush Fire Brigade Officials

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 4

At the last meeting of Gunning Shire Council, approval was given to the appointment of the following Bush Fire Brigade officers:…

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Prevention of Bush Fires New Measures to Control Red Terror

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 3

The Government will in the near future introduce legislation to more effectively combat the menace of bush fires. Cabinet has now considered and approved draft Bush Fires Bill submitted by the Chief…

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Russians & The "Fire Lily"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Tuesday (A.A.P.): German scientists are producing for Russia the transocean rocket they designed for Hitler just before the war ended, says the American Associated Press. Soviet zone informants who…

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Soviet Policy Is Under Fire at United Nations

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 5

FLUSHING MEADOW, New York, Monday: In a bitter attack on Soviet policy towards Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Edward Kardelj, told the United Nations Assembly that if Russia was sincere in wanting world peace it should start by ending its disputes with…

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Hotel Manly on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Fire caused damage estimated at £4000 at the fashionable Hotel Manly early today…

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Two Engines Go to Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

Goulbirn Fire Brigade last night received two calls almost simultaneously. The first was the Royal Hotel,…

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Lake Bathurst Bush Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the brigade on Saturday last it was decided that in view of the present heavy growth of, grass the…

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New Bushfire Legislation

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 3

A suggestion by Councillor Stan Hunt, at yesterday's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council, that bushfires might be prevalent this year caused comment regarding the proposed…

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£100,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: The cause of the fire which caused £100,000 damage when it swept through the R.A.A.F…

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Admirals Condemn Atomic Warfare U.S. Policy Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Fleet Admiral Ernest King and retired Admiral William Halsey yesterday denounced the atomic bombing theory of warfare, and asked Congress to strip the…

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“Noise Like Gun Going Off; Big Ball Fire and Flames” Schoolboyhdies : Electrocution

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 4

A shocking fatal accident occurred this week at Jeir when a schoolboy died from electrocution and shock…

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Murrumbateman Bush Fire Brigade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 3

The Annual Meeting of this Brigade will be held in the Murrumbateman Hall on Tuesday the 25th October at 8 p.m. All…

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Due To Water—Not Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 5

Goulburn Fire Brigade extinguished a fire at 155 Faithfull Street, at noon yesterday. No damage was caused…

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£80,000 Damage By Fire At Proserpine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE: Fire destroyed a complete block of shops in the main street of Proserpine, 670 miles north of…

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From Everywhere £10,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 4

Fire did damage estimated at about £10,000 to stock and machinery at the works of proud…

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Shire Briefs Permission to Burn Fire Breaks Taxi License for Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 5

The president (Cr. C. A. Grogan). occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of Goodradigbee Shire Council held last Saturday…

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"Mud-slinging" in High Places "Cease Fire" To Be Sounded Shortly In Belgium

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 5

BRUSSELS: The recent short "cease fire" in the bitter mud-slinging debate which for nearly five years has raged spasmodically round King Leopold of the Belgians, is coming to an end…

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New Safeguards For Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 7

The new Bush Fires Bill was commended in the Ligislative Assembly by Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh)…

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Fell Into Fire Woman Seriously Burned

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 2

Mrs. Hector Clarke, of McDonald Street, was found by a neighbour, Mrs. Mick Vitler, seriously burned at her home on…

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Fire Prevention

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 2

A letter from the Bush Fires Advisory Committee last night asked the City Council to give every support to Fire…

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