Bush Fire Fighting
Conargo Shire Council will make inquiries for the purchase of suitable fire fighting equipment for Blighty Bush Fire Brigade. This was decided…
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Bush Fires Near Sydney SYDNEY
Hot summer weather brought a crop of bushfires to Sydney suburbs today. Highest reading today was 86 degrees at Bega on the south coast. Sydney’s…
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Sir.--The New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee is a body one of whose primary aims is the promotion of a bush fire…
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Wogga's latest and most modern block of 25 flats in Tarcutta street was badly damaged on Sunday afternoon by one of the most spectacular…
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Fire Brigades’ Officers’ Association was sharply rebuked today by the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission for threatening direct action on…
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The general manager of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney (Mr Osborne) said in Sydney that the Chifley Government was “playing…
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Fire which broke out in a five-roomed house at Chelsea shortly after 3 a.m. today,. apparently as the result of an electrical fault,…
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At a conference of volunteer bush fire brigades at Young recently the President of Burran gong Shire, Councillor R. H…
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Advanced fire-fighting methods adopted in the US were described by Mr A. Elliker, manufacturer of fire-fighting equipment, who returned to…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr Baddeley) today assured a deputation from the Local Government Association and the Shires Association that no change would…
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Through Mr E. T. Kendell, MLA. the Minister for Transport (Mr M. O’Sullivan) has replied to a complaint by Walla branch of the Warmers and…
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At the recent meeting of the Jerllderle PP Board. Mr. Reynoldson reported that he had represented the Board at a Bush Fires Conference at…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Two meetings of Sydney members of the Fire Brigades’ Association today carried a resolution pledging support to the Fire Brigades’…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: State Industrial Commission today summoned representatives of the Fire Brigades’ Officers’ Association and the Fire Board to…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Damage estimated at £75,000 was caused by fire in the wool carbonising factory and wool store of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., of Botany,…
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SYDNEY. Fri: A meeting of Fire Brigade Officers Association tonight re-affirmed its decision not to work more than 56 hours a week from…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called last night to a fire in the lane at the rear of the C. and C. Stores, Dean street, where several…
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An attempt was made early on Saturday morning to set fire to Mate’s timber yard, in Townsend st., but the small blaze,…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Sydney will be without fire brigade service from Wednesday unless a settlement is reached at a compulsory…
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With the coming of the warmer weather, a warning is issued that no person may light a fire for the purpose of clearing…
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