Cease-fire Pact Likely To-day
BATAVIA, Jan. 15.—An interim cease-fire in Indonesia is expected to be agreed upon to-morrow, and a final truce agreement…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Birth Control Under Fire
LONDON, Friday: A suggestion that the divorce law be altered to cover cases in which one marriage partner refuses to procreate children has been tabled in the House of Lords by Lord Meston. Lord Meston suggesst that I marriage should be avoidable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Fire Consulate Anti-British Riot In Canton
HONGKONG Jan. 16.—In the worst anti-British demonstration experienced in Canton, the British Consular offices and other buildings were set on fire and completely wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waratah Grass Fire
Waratah Fire Brigade extinguished a grass fire in Boomerang-street, Waratah, yesterday afternoon. No damage was caused…
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The western wall and part of the floor and ceiling of the social hall at the Trades Hall were damaged by fire this…
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SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Jan. 18. A.A.P.—Fire, accompanied by a series of explosions, swept through Fort Sam Houston last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A[?]equate" Fire Service Or Pay No Rates
Greater Newcastle Council would not provide a penny more in rates until a fire service sufficient for the city's safety was guaranteed, the…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20. A.A.P.—Sixty-eight persons have died in fires resulting from overheated furnaces in a cold wave that is…
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Newcastle Fire Brigade extinguished a grass and rubbish fire in No. 2 Sports Ground at 7 o'clock last night…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Nine R.A.A.F. planes are cooperating with the Forestry Commission in the detection of bushfires in…
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The present heavy growth of grass in many parts of New South Wales is likely to constitute a serious fire danger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Babe Died After Pram Fire
When a mother placed a fire in a kerosene tin to keep away mosquitoes while she and her husband were working on the…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—A bushfire to-day threatened the Australian Newsprint Mill. There are 12 major bushfire outbreaks in Southern…
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Bushfires had encircled Queenstown, centre of the Mr. Lyell mining operations in Tasmania, it was reported early to-day. Thick smoke covered the town…
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Extensive fires in two States yesterday destroyed property and stock and threatened a town in South Australia and valuable mountain ash forests in Victoria. Fires which raged throughout Thursday in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Punching Forecast
The young Victorian, Bay Starr, who fights George Sands at Newcastle Stadium tonight, has the chance to make a name…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Penalties for failure to observe precautions when preparing open fires to prepare meals, or when burning garden…
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WEST WYALONG, Friday.—Bicycle tyre tracks found near the remains of West Wyalong golf clubhouse were identical with those…
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Fire brigades were called to two laundry fires on Saturday. Both are thought to have been caused by flying sparks. Damage was only…
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Miners and officials worked most of yesterday and all last night to bring under control a fire which broke out in one of…
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