Newspaper Office Destroyed By Fire
The Coonabaraban newspaper office and plant was destroyed by fire this morning which is believed to have started in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1955
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Apex Bush Fire Window Display Contest
Yass Apex has entered a Statewide bush fire Window display competition being run by Apex action committee and suggested by the State Bush Fire Committee, Sydney…
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Goodradigbee Shire Council was advised by the Shires’ Association from the Local Government Department about the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Poster Competition For Children
Star art pupils at Yass Intermediate High School have been invited by Apex to enter in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brigades Prepare to Meet Serious Fire Threat
Yass Associated Bushfire Brigades fear this summer may be one of the biggest fire danger periods that the district has faced in years and they are making every possible…
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A contest for a poster in connection with bushfire prevention week was run by Yass Apex among art students at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Prevention Foolproof Fireplaces on Hume Highway
Foolproof fireplaces should be built at strategic places along the Hume Highway to minimise the danger from fires lit by motorists. This was said by Mr. J. E. Pratten at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Footpath Grass to Be Cut to Lessen Fire Risk
The Municipal Council will engage men to cut the grass on all footpaths in the Municipality to lessen the fire risk. This decision was made at last Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire’s £100 To Restore Fire Trails in Mountain Country
Goodradigbee Shire Council will contribute £100 towards the cost of clearing bushfire prevention trails in the Cavan-Wee Jasper area. This was decided following…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Removal Of P.P. Board Fire Drums
“Scrap Them Altogether,” says Director Although he was once in favour of fire drums on P. P. Board Reserves he thought the time had come now to “scrap altogether,” said Dir. E. Glover at last Yass P.P. Board…
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Goodradigbee Shire Council will take up with Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., damage caused by fires from railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Hazard at Hospital
Long grass which was a fire hazard around the Yass District Hospital property…
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