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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 30
SYDNEY: Proposals for a settlement of the fire brigades officers' hours dispute are being submitted today and tonight to meetings of the officers. These proposals, which emerged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MANAGUA (Nicaragua), Oct. 2. A A.P.—Sixteen persons were burnt to death and many injured when a fire destroyed the "Teatro Margot,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two meetings of fire brigade officers in Sydney to-day decided to resume working the normal 84 hours a week rosters at 8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — The sun's heat to-day caused a fire on board a lighter loaded with sodium chlorate at Rozelle wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Fire brigade officers resumed duties in accordance with the normal roster at 8 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire swept through an area of bush and a heap of chitter on the Gully Line, in Waratah Colliery property, yesterday afternoon. Hamilton and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire brigades attended 40 suburban bushfires yesterday and to-day. None of them destroyed any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Three men were burnt, one seriously, when fire broke out on a launch in rough seas off Newport this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—A meeting of fire brigade officers today decided, by 77 votes to 47. to strike for reduction of weekly hours from 84 to 56. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—More than 200 fire brigade officers at 75 stations in New South Wales were instructed by their association to-night to cease work at 10.30 a.m. to-morrow, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No alteration in the set-up of the Fire Board would be made without giving local government associations a chance to take action, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Station officers ceased duty at 10.30 this morning at all Newcastle fire stations, in accord with the instructions issued by their association executive, while a stop work meeting was held in Sydney. Tighe's Hill and Waratah stations were left unmanned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A conference between the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) will try to-morrow morning to settle the strike started to-day by more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AS A RESULT of the fire officers' strike, Waratah and Tighe's Hill stations were not manned yesterday. These stations are normally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Executive Officer R. Currer arrived in Newcastle last night to take charge of Newcastle Fire District while station officers are on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Negotiations which were continued today may yield a basis for an early settlement of the strike by Fire Brigade officers which began yesterday. Following yesterday's strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire danger in the Waratah and Tighe's Hill districts has cased with the arrival in Newcastle of an executive officer from headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Stephens Shire Council has advised the Board of Fire Commissioners that the fire district of Raymond Terrace would be extended to include…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Negotiations to-day did not settle the strike by more than 200 fire brigade officers in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Following settlement of the strike of members of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade Officers' Association, all reported back for duty, the first shift…
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