Culcairn Bush Fire Brigade
The following were present at the, annual meeting of Culcairn Bush Fire; Brigade, held in the Council Chambers, Culcairn: Messrs J. A…
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Danger Of Bush Fires Stressed By Shire Presidents
With drying pastures and ripening crops throughout the district daily increasing the danger of bush fires, the presidents of Culcairn and Lockhart Shires have stressed the need for the strictest precautions against…
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The newly-formed Culcairn Fire Brigade staged its first public demonstration on Thursday afternoon last week in the presence of a fair…
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LONDON, Thurs.— Firemen equipped with breathing apparatus, for hours tonight fought a fire in No. 3 hold of the 9,000-ton steamer…
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A fire lasting only half an hour destroyed a large two-storey tannery, valued at £7000, at Brunswick at 7.30 a.m. today. The…
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A fire, thought to have been started by a short circuit in electrical wiring, caused about £50 worth of damage in the Beehive Chambers on Saturday afternoon. It broke out under the floor of the the accountancy office of the Mayor (Aid. C. E. Bunton), and the damage was practically confined to that office…
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PHILADELPHIA, Mon.—Five men were killed last night in a fire which swept a four storey lodging. house in which 70…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arab Mob Murders Soviet Legation Staff At Damascus American Legation Set on Fire and Flag Torn Down Three Students And Four Communists Killed LONDON
According to a telephone from a usually reliable Beirut source, an Arab mob in Damascus, incensed at the decision of U.N.O. to partition Palestine, killed all members of the Soviet Union’s legation staff yesterday morning, states the New York “Times.”…
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At the annual meeting of Holbrook urban area bush fire brigade those present were Messrs Carnegie Bounader, W.C. O’Brien…
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PHILADELPHIA, Tues.—After searching the ruins of a fourstore building which was [?] by fire the police to-day…
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Two well-known Griffith greyhounds were incinerated when a fire broke out in a 6ft. x 4ft. crate on the platform of a motor truck,…
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A dramatic incident highlighted the opening day of the Hume Boat Club yesterday when a speedboat caught fire about 500…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Warfare Between Jews and Arabs Bombs, Mortars, Tommy Guns and Rifles Used Large Fires Rage In Tel Aviv And Jaffa LONDON
Following Jewish warnings to the Arabs over the last three days to cease their attacks, open warfare has developed between the Arabs and Jews on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa border. Following a series of explosions in Jaffa yesterday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Progress of Preventive Medicine "Persian Fire" Can Still Burn
Anthrax, a serious disease shared by man and beast, was first noticed by Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine." Centuries later…
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In consequence of the resignation of Mr. W. W. Paech as captain of Henty Bush Fire Brigade (Mr. Paech has taken over the captaincy of the Henty…
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AUCKLAND, Dec. 10: Many imposing buildings in Auckland are fire-traps and a fire like the recent disaster at Ballantyne’s in…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: Two shots were fired by a gunman at people who chased him after he had been seen to leave a house…
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SAN FRANCISCO. Mon—Two unidentified ships are reported to be afire, one of which is a tanker. as the result of a collision…
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A small grass fire in a paddock adjoining the Victorian railway line, near Bridge st., on Saturday, is believed to have been caused by…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: A fire which broke out on the [?] carrying 600 drums of petrol and other highly inflammable cargo,…
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