Fire Brigade Officers Promoted
SYDNEY Friday —The New South Wales fire Brigades Board announces the[?] are brigade officers…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 24
Bushfires in Grafton District Women And Girls As Fighters
Bushfires in the Grafton district swept through many miles of country in Woolgoolga and adjoining areas, a westerly wind…
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LONDON Oct, 2— The dauntless heroism of a Canadian colonel and a British major during the commands raid on Dieppe have…
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SYDNEY Sat.— Police believe that the are bug who last week started 30 small fires in Newtown in one night was at work again…
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SINGLETON Monday.—A fire in the back portion of McPhee’s Club House Hotel yesterday afternoon, was extinguished before any damage…
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A fortunate discovery yesterday afternoon prevented what might easily have been a fire with attendant serious circumstances. When…
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About 3000 blankets were burnt in a fire which practically destroyed the Newcastle Standard Steam Laundry, Islington, early on Saturday…
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The annual general meeting of members was held on Wednesday last. Present: Messrs. A. R. Welsh, J. C. Aurisch. J. S. Haig, T…
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The Premier of Assam has disclosed that 20 persons were killed when troops on eight occasions in the past few weeks were forced to fire in…
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SYDNEY Friday—The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, MLA, who is administering the Bush and Rural Fires Prevention…
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SYDNEY, Sat.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said to-day that the Bush Fires Advisory Committee would shortly…
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SYDNEY Friday.— Following the wins of Main Topic and II[?] Funny last Saturday at Rand wick a number of telephone…
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Correspondence before yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council, dealing with the bush fire menace (particulars of which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter Shire Council Important Matters Discussed ORDINANCE 41 Applied to Whole Shire: Building Made Available at Aberdeen for N.e.s.: the Recent Weeds Prosecution: Proposed Extension of Milk Zone: Prevention of Bush Fires: Many War Damage Commission Returns Not Sent In: Defaulting Ratepayers to Be Prosecuted
The monthly meeting of the above was held in Scone on Thursday 1st inst Present: Crs. A. A. McDonald (President), J. Riley, L. W. Davies, A. E. Hardy, C. R. Ashford, and W. C., L. B. and J. F. Carter; also Mr. B. G. Millard (Engineer and Deputy Clerk)…
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SINGLETON Friday,—Sgt, W. Jones, of the local police, was present at the meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council…
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SYDNEY Monday—Box factories and case stores of Press Bros, and Producers’ Co-operative Distributing Society, in…
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NEW YORK Oct. 19—Tour storage tanks caught [?] [?] Vi[?] lgnited [?] hunderd t[?]…
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The official opening of the bush fire campaign will take place on Tuesday November 3. It is planned to make this year’s the biggest in…
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Mr. W. T. Seaward, hon. Secretary of the Dartbrook Bush Fire Brigade, has forwarded the following communications, which speak of…
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The official opening of the bush-fire campaign will take place on 3rd November. It is planned to make this year's the biggest in history…
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