Fire Brigade Officers Vote for Strike
SYDNEY, Thurs—By 113 votes to nine, fire brigade officers decided not to return to duty until all officers In New South Wales…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
359 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 18
Fire Officers on Strike Volunteers Stand By For Emergency
The strike by over 200 Fire Brigade officers throughout the State, which began on Wednesday, has…
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SYDNEY, Sat.— All members of the NSW Fire Brigades Officers’ Association reported for duty when the first shift…
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The Forestry Advisory Council at its conference to-day will discuss a motion urging the Government to establish, under the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The engineering and household appliance factory of R. B. Davies and Co., Illawarra road, Marrickville, which was totally destroyed by fife last night had been rebuilt after e disastrous fr[?]e some years ago…
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A letter was received at the last meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council, from the Board of Fire Commissioners stating that the five district of Raymond Terrace…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The secretary of Stromberg Carlson Pty. Ltd., Mr. T. E. Reynolds, today estimated that radio…
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WITH the greatest wheat crop on record almost ready for harvesting following what roust be regarded as…
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NEW YORK, October 17.—A Communist spy ring of “gigantic proportions,” which has infiltrated at feast six Government agencies and which has paid or persuaded at least 50 Americans to serve as espionage agents will be cracked…
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On Friday night last a public meeting was held in the School of Arts, under the auspices of the Merriwa Progress Association, for the…
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LONDON, Oct. 19. — Damage estimated at £1,000,000 was caused by a fire which engulfed a 75-yard block of Customs…
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A 5-roomed weatherboard house in Chidgey Street, West Cessnock, wag destroyed by fire on Sunday…
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The well-known sawmilling firm of J. Croll and Sons Pty. Ltd. suffered the total loss of their big mill at Dungog early on Tuesday morning…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—Fire destroyed a joinery and cement works at Clyde early this morning, causing damage estimated…
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The Mayor (Ald. F. H. Lovett) said on Tuesday night that he intended to call a public meeting to…
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Maitland, Abermain and Cessnock Fire Brigades were called out .to three grass fires yesterday afternoon. No damage to property…
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SINGLETON, Monday.—The response to the appeal to assist Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burke and family, whose home was destroyed by fire…
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PORTLAND (Maine). Oct. 27.— For the first time to a week, fire-fighters held the line yesterday on all fronts of the charred New…
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Twenty homes were threatened at Brookvale, near Manly, on Friday, when 150 acres of scrub country was blackened in the…
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For the first time in a week, fire fighters held the line yesterday on all fronts of the charred New England forests, where…
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