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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

87 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 5

Fire Danger is Definite Menace

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 1

The Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong) Is considerably concerned regarding the danger of bush and grass fires,…

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Danger of Fire; Lachlan Shire President's Appeal to Landholders

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 6

Cr. E. M. Brown, President of the Lachlan Shire Council, in a letter to the "Advocate" makes a strong appeal to landholders to take every precaution…

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State Facing Serious Fire Danger

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 6

New South Wales faces one of the gravest fire dangers in its history, and a bush, fire danger proclamation has been issued for the whole of the…

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Shire of Lachlan Bush Fires Act

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 2

Notification is hereby given that under the above mentioned Act, the following regulations are now in force in the Lachlan Shire…

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Black-Out Outback While Neons Blaze In Sydney Forbes In Protest

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1

WHILE Neon signs blazed in Sydney last Monday night, following the lifting of the ban on the use of electricity for outdoor sporting, display and shop-window lighting, Forbes householders, from 7.30 to 8.30…

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Bush Fire at Naradhan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 2

A bush fire on the property of Mr. Dan Quinane, of Naradhan, burnt about 40 to 50 acres of standing…

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Grass Fires at Cemetery

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon a grass fire started in the Wyalong Cemetery, and swept over portion of the Roman Catholic section…

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