The Talking Screen "Ball Of Fire"
"Ball of Fire." now at the Civic Theatre, is packed with Dovel and delightful situations, along with brilliant dialogue and the work of an ideal…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22
Vichy Has New Hire-fire Laws
LONDON, Sunday.—The Vichy Secretariat of Labor has forbidden employers in Unoccupied France to dismiss or engage…
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"I believe you could chase some of them 100 miles—If you had the petrol—and they still wouldn't join a brigade," decided…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—A fire at Newbold Refractories works, Thirroul, this morning caused between £5000 and £6000 damage,…
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LONDON, Oct. 18.—A serious fire has broken out in Polesti oilfields, in Rumania, according to a Vichy news agency report from Bucharest…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Late last night box factories and case stores of Press Bros. and Producers' Cooperative Distributing Society, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Miracle Needed to Save Stalingrad Bank Of The Volga Now Under German Fire
LONDON, Oct. 18.—The situation at Stalingrad is undoubtedly the most critical since the battle began over two months ago. It is generally agreed that another Russian miracle will be necessary if the Germans are to be…
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ISTANBUL, Oct. 19.—Many Greeks were killed or wounded in Athens when Italian Carabinieri and militia fired on transport…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Home Security (Mr. Lazzarini) said to-day that his department was fully alive to the…
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SYDNEY: A fire swept through the garage of Penfolds Wines Ltd Roylston Street. Paddington. today. In less than half an hour…
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NEW YORK. Thursday: Scores of persons suffered from burns and other Injuries when a vast bushfire lasting three days, swept…
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The Catholic school in Newcastle-street Cardiff, was totally destroyed by fire, which broke out early this morning…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An explosion of power alcohol started a fire which gutted the garage of Penfolds Wines Ltd., Roylaton-street, Pad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BIG R.A.F. Raid on Italian Port of Genoa Heavy Bombs Start Large Fires
LONDON, Oct. 23.—A strong force of Royal Air Force planes from Britain last night heavily bombed Genoa, the Italian port and naval base on the Gulf of Genoa. Rome described the raid as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raf Lit Big Fires in Milan
LONDON, Sunday: Sterlings, Halifaxes and Wellingtons, which took part in Saturday night's raids, found…
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Warning of the possibilities of bush fires was given yesterday by the special officer in charge of fire brigades in the Newcastle area (Mr. R…
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The manpower organisation lost no time to-day in swinging into action to find new jobs for men and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A five-story building at Glebe was gutted to-night in Sydney's most disastrous fire since 1935. With the fire at its height…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Sydney five bug is believed to have resumed his activities to-night. Shortly after 9.30 two fires were found in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30 Big Fires in Milan Raid
LONDON, Oct. 28.—The R.A.F. raid on Milan caused 30 large fires and 300 small fires, according to the "Popolo d'Italia." Ten of the fires…
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