Labor’s Challenge Will Hold Fire For Time Being CANBERRA
Until the full strength Is established after the election of the Speaker and the Kalgoorlie by-election, the Labor Party will not…
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Petrol for Fire Fighters
All police stations throughout N.S.W. have been instructed by the Liquid Fuel Control Board to ensure that supplies of petrol are available to bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Bush Fire at Wagga
First bush fire ill the Wagga district since last summer occurred 11 miles from Wagga yesterday on the Gundagai road, when 100 acres of grass on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrage of Criticism Minister Under Fire Sydney
At the annual conference of the N.S.W. Fishing Industries’ Associated to-day a heavy barrage of criticism [?] fired at the Chief Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonegilla and Bush Fires
At a conference of representatives of district bush fire brigades with authorities of the Bonegilla camp yesterday afternoon, intensive discussion took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers, Beware of Bush Fires
Extensive precautions are being taken by the authorities at Bonegilla camp to prevent outbreaks of bush fires. As from yesterday all troops on field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Perish in Fire Melbourne
On October 4. William Arthur Knox, aged 50, and Noel Knox, aged 9, of Sapling Grove, Upwey, were burnt to death when a weatherboard house at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Million Blankets Destroyed by Fire Vichy, October 15
According to the Havas agency, a fire at Tours destroyed a factory containing over a million blankets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THURGOONA Bush Fire Brigade
At the 26th annual meeting of din bush fire brigade the following officers were elected: President, Captain Heywood: vice-presidents, Messrs J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henty Bush Fire Brigade Election of Officers Petrol Supplies Available
At the annual meeting of the Henty Bush Fire Brigade held on Monday evening there were present: Messrs. P. H. Pasch (president, in the chair),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Merton Haystack Destroyed
On Friday of last week, a fire occurred at "Woodlands," the property of Mr. T. H. Lewis, destroying a haystack containing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flung Petrol on Fire in Error
Picking up a tm filled with petrol, which he had mistaken for water, Jack Broadhurst, 19, dashed the contents into a fire which broke out at Penberthy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Fire Watches and Clocks Destroyed SYDNEY
About 2000 watches and clocks were destroyed when a fire broke out in a shop occupied by the Australian Unbreakable Watch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Frightful Explosive Fire London, October [?]
[?] course of a [?] at [?] Professor J. D. Bernal is [?] to have revealed that scientists [?] a new explosive fire more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion at Petrol Refinery Serious Fire Follows TONANU (Cal[?] October 19
An explosion at the general petroleum refinery at 7.30 a.m. sent flames 500 feet into the air and set fire to over 80 acres of oil fields, as well [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire on Western Hill
Albury Fire Brigade, was called out yesterday to the first grass fire of the summer when a patch of about two acres of grass was burnt on Western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Famous Home Historic Brookong
The historic Brookong homestead, between Lockhart and Urana which originally, had 300,000 acres, and the second…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Fire in Adelaide Adelaide
The warehouse of Dunlop-[?] Rubber Co., in Flinders street, city was destroyed by a fire which broke out [?] to-day and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Fire in Adelaide £120,000 Damage SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the three-storied warehouse of Dunlop Perdrian Rubber Co. Ltd., Flinders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Control of Bush Fires
A conference we held at Corowa recently of representatives of Bushfire Brigades, Shire Councils, P.P. Boards end others, to discuss…
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