Dry Pastures Cause Bush Fire Danger
The rapid browning off of the pastures is giving rise to apprehension amongst dairy farmers due to the increasing…
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Police Threaten Open Air Fire-lighters
Anyone caught lighting fires in the open will be prosecuted, Police Inspector J. H. Taylor said last night…
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The first bushfire in this district came over the escarpment from Robertson and burned as far as Mr. E. Campbell's property before it was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Township of Glen Davis was nearly ringed by bushfires and the huge oil plants were…
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A warping that police will strictly enforce the law regarding the lighting of fires in the open has been given…
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Considerable damage to the interior of the vehicle was caused when a fire broke out under the front seat of a taxi on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Destroys £6000 Sawmill at Nowra
A £6000 timber mill at Budgong, 11 miles from Nowra, was destroyed on Thursday by bushfires. The mill, owned by the Illaroo…
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A taxi cab reversed the procedure and took a fire to Wollongong Fire Station last night…
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TOKYO, Friday (A.A.P. Reuter).—The Korean truce negotiators today settled the four-montlis'-old…
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Bash Fire Brigades in the Greater Wollongong area are now being re-equipped to enable members to fight fires…
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PAN MUN JON, (Korea) Sun. (AAP.-Reuter).—Allied and Communist staff…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The port engine of a loaded T.A.A. Convair burst into flames at Kingsford Smith airport today…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Warrawong Residents Fight Grass Fire
Residents of Todd Street, yesterday morning until the Warrawong, fought a grass fire arrival of the Port Kembla Fire…
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When the City Council wrote to six Bush Fire Fighting Brigades in the area and asked them what they required in the…
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"Fines inflicted in these matters are light", stated Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The disastrous fires which have raged in the Blue Mountains and Ungarie districts are…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Three bushfires are tonight blazing near Springwood, in the Blue Mountains. Two hundred…
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Thirroul Fire Brigade were called to extinguish a grass fire in Kirton Road, Austinmer, yesterday…
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A utility truck was almost totally destroyed when it caught fire and the petrol tank exploded, at South…
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The old folk and pioneers of Corrimal are fortunate that the local fire brigade entertains them each year at a dinner, revue, and cinema show. Last Saturday night 230…
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