Police fire on crowd
TUNIS, Mon.: Police opened fire today on a crowd forming on the streets and killed one person in a renewal of violence…
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Apexians help fire sufferers
WANGARATTA, Mon.: Apexians, in a drive for clothing and food for bush fire sufferers, collected four tons of clothing in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney facing meat, vegetable famine Fires, Drought Cut Back Supplies
SYDNEY Mon.—Trade authorities forecast a meat and vegetable famine and a shortage of milk in Sydney within a fortnight. They claim excessive supplies of meat end vegetables which reached the wholesale markets today will be followed by acute shortages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire threat to school at Chiltern soon killed
Three district fire brigades, scores of cars and trucks, and more than 100 volunteers sped to a grass fire at Chiltern yesterday afternoon which threatened the Chiltern Valley School…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Backing certain for appeal to aid fire victims Mayor Calls for Immediate Action
Enthusiastic support for an appeal to aid border bush fire victims is assured, civic and church leaders said at Albury yesterday. The Mayor (Ald. Bunton) last night appealed to all local governing bodies and organisations interested in the appeal to form one body to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Donations in kind for bush fire sufferers Request for Complete Lists
There have been numerous and most generous donations in kind for the benefit of sufferers by the recent bush fires which hove ravaged the district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fencing, building materials for burnt-out farmers
Wodonga district committee of the APPU is urging, through Mr Moss, MLA, that fencing and building materials be made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mayor, MVDL to launch a bush fire relief fund Public Meeting at Albury on Feb. 15
The Mayor, Ald. Bunton, in conjunction with the Murray Valley Development League, will launch an appeal for funds to assist bush fire victims in border districts. Announcing this last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fires in Albury
Two acres of grass were destroyed by fire at the rear of Albury woollen mills early yesterday afternoon. The fire was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires kept away crocodiles
DARWIN, Tues.: With a ring of smoke fires around them to keep away crocodiles and mosquitoes, two Army men from…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The Chief Secretary (Mr Evatt) today announced a total prohibition on the lighting of all classes…
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FARMERS and Graziers in these areas desirous of replacing fence posts, strainers, stays, etc., from timber close by, and who are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Pile of Rubbish
The Fire Brigade was called to the rear of F. A. Abbott’s building in Olive st. shortly after 8.30 last night to extinguish a fire in a pile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big fire at Nth. Wagga
SYDNEY, Tues.: A huge bush fire which broke out three miles from North Wagga today destroyed the homestead and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£100,000 fire damage at observatory
CANBERRA, Tuesday: A devastating bush fire to-day destroyed the workshop and equipment at Mt. Stromlo, worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Springhurst to help Barnawartha fire victims
A committee to assist burnt out farmers in the Barnawartha area has been formed at Springhurst and appeals have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homes, Church, P.O. RAZED Fires sweep through Benalla, Wangaratta districts
In the worst bush fire in 25 years, three homes were destroyed in the Benalla district yesterday afternoon. On the Whitfield side of Moyhu, at Angleside, in the Wangaratta district, the fire destroyed the homes of Messrs K. Graham and J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News No Fire at Culcairn
Rumor in Albury yesterday that there had been a big fire at Culcairn was denied last evening by officer-in-charge of Culcairn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Ravage N.E., Upper Murray Fighting to save homestead at Nth. B[?]rnawartha
Firefighters staging a desperate battle with the flames to try and save The[?] Bros.’ homestead at North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Cause Soil Conservation Competition Cancellation
Because of the disastrous bush fires in many parts of the Upper Murray, the Victorian Soil Conservation Authority has decided…
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