Decree Nisi for Fire Chief’s Wife Sydney, Tues
Mrs. Alice Louise Smith (50), wife of the chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Thomas Januarius Smith (58), was granted…
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Man Who Wants to Return to Japan Under Fire Canberra, Tues
If a “Mr. Weaver,” who in Sydney is taking up a petition asking the Government to allow him to return to Japan, did in Australia…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: There was no secrecy about the fire which [?] at the Kiewa hydro-electric works on…
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CHIEF Fire Officer H. Pettit said yesterday that the sprinkler system fire protection unit being installed in Mate’s Ltd. store is 100 per cent, protection and always works…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: The Metropolitan Fire Brigade would probably be non-existent, except for officers, by Wednesday,…
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OAKLANDS (Calif.), Tues.: When a large fire swept the dock area and army base at Oaklands early today, two army…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Following a conference between members of the Fire Brigade Employes’ Union and the Premier…
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“If there is a big fire in Albury, and loss of life should result, employers of volunteer firemen will be largely the ones to…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called out to two grass fires yesterday afternoon. On the first occasion, at 2.30 p.m. about half an acre of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday : Seven thousand pounds worth of timber and logging machinery was destroyed tonight when a fire broke…
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LONDON, Tues.: Five unexplained explosions and fires have taken place in Turkey during March, reports the…
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Clive Alexander Fraser pleaded guilty at Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to a charge of having lit a fire in the…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: A fire which started in a cover fan in the Lyric Theatre during a session last night was put out with…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Extensive damage was caused by fire which broke out on the roof of Barret Bros, and Burston and Co.,…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Investigations Into the £60,000 fire which destroyed the control room at [?] RAAF station near…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: More than £40,000 damage was caused by a spectacular fire, which early tonight gutted a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Fire Destroys House in Mulwala
Some time during Sunday evening or early Monday morning, a fire completely destroyed a four-roomed house situated in…
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Sometime during Sunday evening or early Monday morning, a, fire completely destroyed, a 4-roomed house situated in Melbourne Street, Mulwala…
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NANKING, Tues.: The Chinese Communists have agreed to a proposal by the Nationalist peace delegation to Peiping that a…
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EFFINGHAM (Illinois), Tues.: Thirty patients arc feared to have perished in a fire which destroyed St. Anthony…
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