To Light a Fire
To light a fire and boil a quart for tea seems a simple thing, but as with everything else, there is a right and a wrong way. In summer time always…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
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Trees Thet Fight Fire. and Mushrooms That Lift Paving-stones
The common peanut grows in a peculiar way. The little plant sends up its shoots, with the fruit on the end of a somewhat stiff stalk, and…
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The damage by fire at the refined sugar sheds at Bundaberg (Q.) is estimated at £200,000. The sugar and plant was covered by insurance…
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LAST Saturday Station Officer G. Hurley, promoter of the N. S. W Fire Brigades' Hospital and Ambulance Art Union, was in Port Macquarie,…
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Burning for sixty-seven years, a fire in the, Summit Hill coal mine in Pennsylvania has not yet been extinguished. Engineers estimate that…
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The premises of the Taree branch of the Commercial Bank had a distinct smell of smoke on Friday morning the reason was…
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W.L., who evidently prefers that his opinion should not have any aid from the disclosure of anything more than his initials, and has a poor…
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EARLY on Monday morning last the residence owned and occupied by Mr. Jack Wrigley, in West Port Macquarie, together with the contents, was totally…
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A letter was received from a Sydney firm that they had two sizes "fire-trailers" in stock, which might be suitable for Macksville if…
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Shortly after six o'clock on Monday morning Mr. A. Lake, Captain of the local Fire Brigade, received a call from Greenhill. He at once got into touch…
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About 6 o'clock Monday morning last Mr. C. E. Beckenham of Greenhiil public school was attending Mrs. Beckenham who was very ill, when…
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Passengers in a charabanc had a curious experience recently when they were suddenly faced with a small sea of fire in the roadway. It had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Current Topics Visit of Fire Brigade Commissioners
The Commissioners of the Fire Brigade Board of New South Wales will visit Gloucester to-morrow. Saturday, and at 11 a.m. in the SHire Hall…
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Two relatives—the one well up in years, the other young—were standing looking at a are in Newcastle a few weeks ago. "By gox" said the elder, if this had happened…
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Captain A. Lake and the members of the local Fire Brigade and their firefighting appliances were subjected to a severe test last night (Monday) by…
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At a special meeting of the local Shire Council field on Saturday morning last representatives of the Fire Brigades Board attended in…
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Staff-officer C.J. Digby, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, inspected Kempsey Fire Brigade on Monday night. He tested the engine and…
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Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Taree of Friday last on chair annual four of inspecion and found everything to be…
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Friday morning last Kempsey was visited by several members of the Fire Brigades' Board, including the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C. (President of the…
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The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners paid a visit of inspection to Taree on Friday. Those present were Messrs. T. J. Smith, M.L.C…
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