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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

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"Outside Fires Most Dangerous" Forestry Chief

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 2

The Commissioner for Forests, Mr. E. L. S. Hudson, claimed today that most fires which caused damage to State Forests on the North Coast…

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£70,000 Circus Fire At Wirth's Olympia

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Dec. 27: Circus hands rescued screeching, fear crazed monkeys, bears, horses and…

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Forestry Men Help Fight Private Fires

The Northern Champion · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 5

The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., said today that Forestry Commission employees…

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Fires Lit Deliberately Says Forestry Officer

Macleay Argus · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 1

Kempsey District Forestry staff had little rest or enjoyment on Christmas Day owing to a number of fires in the Maria River area. Mr. M. Dufficy, District Forester, is of the…

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