Fire Brigade Funeral
The funeral of Mr George James Hodge on Monday was the first official fire brigade funeral to leave Albury since the Albury…
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Boy Held For Starting Forest Fires
PARIS, Sun.: A 15-year-old boy was taken to prison at St. Maxime after an alleged confession that he started 16 forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Churches Should Call For a Cease- Fire in Korea” SYDNEY
The Christian Church, Protestant and Roman Catholic, should call for a cease-fire in Korea and a further effort to break the deadlock between East and West. Rev. Alan Walker, superintendent of Waverley Methodists Mission, said this today…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Flames leaped 100 ft. into the air and dense smoke rose more than 2000 ft. [?] a spectacular £50,000 fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£400,000 Fire in Japan
TOKIO, Mon.: A fire last night wiped out the Mukepima warehouses at Nagasaki dockyard, destroying important shipbuilding…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: A fire [?] is believed to be responsible for recent fires that have occurred at the migrant camps…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: The Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries will take action against, city market agents who fail to levy…
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QUEBEC, Tues.: All 400 passengers and crew of 150 were safely removed when the Canada Steamship Line’s 4200 ton cruise…
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The Shire Clerk (Mr. I. C. Gilbert) reported to last week's Council meeting as follows:—The Rate Book for 1950 is ready…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Dead in Ship Fire
QUEBEC, Wed: A man, his wife and their small son were unaccounted for yesterday after a check of passengers who were removed…
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Fire breaks should now be[?] ploughed around boundary fences, two speakers said at! the Murray Shire Council…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Fire gutted two factories within 12 hours today. A blaze which caused £100.000…
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VIENNA, Monday : Sabotage is believed to have caused an explosion and fire which last night wrecked Czechoslovakia’s…
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NEW YORK, Monday : The evacuation of four towns in the Pine Valley settlement of California was ordered yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigade Formed at Argoon
A meeting to consider the formation of a Bush Fire Brigade for the northern areas was held at Stud Park North on Sunday last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Politicians Under Fire in Address by Clergyman SYDNEY
Rev. Alan Walker today attacked politicians who promised at election time to put value back into the £1, Knowing that little could really be done. “It is time we told our politicians who promise such things that they are bringing discredit on their whole profession,” he said…
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Sparks from under a copper yesterday caused a fire in the laundry of a house occupied by Mr and Mrs 3. H. Berry, 439…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Organisation To the Editor
Sir,—The highly commendable action of those responsible for commencing bush fire organisation, prompts me to offer suggestions for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 Fire Damage at Paint Works
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Fire destroyed a large section of Taubman’s paint works in Lonsdale st., city, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sole Survivor Says—no Fire on Airliner Amana Perth
According to o statement mode by the only passenger who lived for three days after the crash of the ANA Skymaster, Amana, on June 26, there was no fire in the ‘plane before the…
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