Better Fire Services for Wollongong and Bulli Promised
Improved fire-fighting services for the Greater Wollongong area were promised by the Chairman of the N.S.W. Fire Commissioners (Mr. F. J. Smith)…
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Fire Board at Wollongong
The Board of Fire Commissioners will do something to "strengthen the defences" of Wollongong's fire fighting…
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It would be fatal to take away the (identity of bushfire-fighting units, Ald. Floyd told the City Council on Wednesday night…
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NEW YORK, Mon. — Lloyd Wiseman, 46, a socially prominent San Francisco banker, was…
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Mr. T. J. Smith, president of the Board of Fire Commissioners concurs with a proposal made by Greater Wollongong Council that a mobile fire lighting auxiliary, comprising between 50 and 70 men, should be formed in the district to assist bush fire brigades in various parts of Greater Wollongong…
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Tangible result of the recent conference between the City Council and the N.S.W. Fire…
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Fire destroyed a Woonona New Australian family's home and all their possessions, yesterday afternoon. As a result, Bulli Police state, the family has been left destitute. The New Australian…
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A garage at the rear of the home of Mr. Charles Matterson, Austihmer newsagent, was…
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The Secretary of the New Settlers' League (Mr. H. Box) yesterday made an appeal for…
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Wollongong, at last, has its second fire engine! The new engine arrived at Wollongong fire station just…
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The Government has proclaimed a bushfire danger period for the City of Greater Wollongong until 31st January next…
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Kiama Council's Health Inspector is to tour the district to look for possible fire hazards both on Councils and private property…
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"It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox…
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As the summer approaches, it is a good time to consider again "What Can be done to Beat the Bushfire Menace?" Every year bushfires make…
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SYDNEY, Mon. — Fire Patrol Officers, who have cars, planned to farm mobile patrols to cruise…
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THE second of two discussions for Listening Groups on "What Can be Done to Prevent the Bushfire Menace?" will be…
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Albion Park Bush Fire Brigade has been commended on its initiative, writes the "Mercury's" Albion Park correspondent…
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LONDON, Mon.—Kangaroo forwards seemed to have lost some of the fire which made them a decisive force in early matches in England, when they defeated…
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Establishment of a state-wide organisation similar to the wartime National Emergency Service has been suggested by…
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A public meeting is to be called in Gerringong to discuss the formation of a Bush Fire Brigade. The Council have been told by the…
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