Council Shorts. Carrathool Fire Danger Over
After tre recent rains, the bush fire danger has passed. At the last Carrathool Shire meeting, it was decided to…
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903 stories in Murray's papers · page 23 of 46
Rain puts out bush fires
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Following last night’s cool change, the Forests Commission reported to-day that all bush fires in the State…
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The Australian Primary Producers’ Union, Melbourne, acting on behalf of Barnawartha branch, has been responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wangaratta News Wangaratta, Wed. Fire Menaces Homes
A fire which jumped a road at Laceby on Tuesday afternoon menaced the homes Of Messrs T. Snowdon and Sam Gravenor. It was…
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SYDNEY, Wed: The Bishop of Goulburn, Dr. Burgmann, writing in the current issue of “The Southern Churchman,” comments…
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The ladies of the Coreen Vale Tennis Club supplied lunch and afternoon tea for visitors [?] Mr. L. Quirk's clearing sale…
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Some time ago, Mr D. E. Fairbairn, M.H.R., asked a question without notice in the House of Representatives of the…
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PERTH, Fri.: Carrying 9000 tons of coal from India to Melbourne, the British freighter Swan Valley is fighting two outbreaks of…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: An intruder entered his private garage and set it alight with petrol, according to Mr. Charles…
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A room at the Culcairn Hotel was patted by fire, and seven other rooms were badly damaged by water and smoke…
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HOBART, Sun.: A spectacular fire tonight totally destroyed a 13,000 case capacity cool store and packing shed at “Forest…
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Albury Fire Brigade used knapsack sprayers to put out a fire on Monument Hill on Saturday afternoon. Half an acre of grass and…
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ST. LOUIS (Missouri), Mon.: Four babies died in two separate fires in the St. Louis area yesterday…
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PERTH, Mon.: A week after a man with whom she had been intimate married another woman, Arthina Phyllis Wyatt, 46,…
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The upstairs bedroom at the Culcairn Hotel, corner Railway Parade and Henty street, Culcairn, which was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon. It was occupied by Mr. Kenneth John Mitchell, who lost all his belongings. Seven other…
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Taxi services at Albury were described yesterday as “women’s greatest nightmares,” Appointment times were not kept, and drivers “just didn’t care”, were some of the comments. Mrs. J. Whiteman, North…
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A mooting of representatives of district Bush-fire Brigades was held at the Shire Office on Monday of last week, to meet…
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A room at [?] Culcairn Hotel was gutted by fire and seven other rooms were baily damages by water and smoke on Sunday afternoon. Senior-Constable Sanders, of Culcairn police,…
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Victorian Cabinet had decided the recent bush fires in NSW and Victoria did not warrant a Royal Commission,…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to Forrest Hill ave. on Saturday afternoon to extinguish a small area of grass which was burning…
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