27 Dead In Mexico City Fire
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29. A.A.P.—Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered from a hardware store which was destroyed by fire and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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21 Homeless Through Fire In Camp Hut
BRISBANE, Monday.—Twenty-one people are homeless because a fire gutted a hut in the Holland Park Housing Commission camp…
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An urgent telegram from the Board of Fire Commissioners, deploring Greater Newcastle Council's refusal to increase its contribution…
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By making full use of the volunteer system and reorganising administration, a satisfactory fire service could be given to Newcastle on the present contribution rates, the Lord Mayor (Aid…
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Cook's Hill and Tighe's Hill brigades attended a small fire in the decking of the Scholey-street railway bridge last night. One hydrant…
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FIRE BRIGADE employees decided in Newcastle yesterday to recommend to a Sydney meeting that the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Give Service or Resign": Lord Mayor to Fire Board
If the Board of Fire Commissioners was unable to maintain adequate fire-fighting services in Newcastle they should hand back their appointments to the Government, the Lord Mayor (Aid. R D. Quinlan) said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. Malan's Native Policy Under Fire
A moral and constitutional issue of moment in and beyond South Africa seems likely to be resolved in the interests of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Estimates Based On 1948 Valuation
The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. Smith) advised Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that the June 1948 capital…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the grandstand at the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Our Fire Protection
IN its various aspects the dispute between the Greater Newcastle Council and the N.S.W. Fire Brigades, with the Fire Brigades' Union as an intervener, is an issue that has dragged on…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners agreed to a 25/ a week increase for fire officers…
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SYDNEY: R.A.A.F. planes and crews are constantly on the alert to go to the aid of the N.S.W. Forestry…
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SYDNEY.—A shortage of tinned food for the next 13 months will be one result of the fire which yesterday…
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PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Fire broke out last night in a committee room of United Nations…
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A Finance Committee recommendation that the request by the Board of Fire Commissioners for an increase in the council rate…
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The Lower Hunter Shire Council today adopted a suggestion by Paterson District A. & H. Society that fire…
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Grass growing along the pipeline at Shortland was an eyesore- and a grave fire risk, Mr. L. Martin said at a meeting of Shortland…
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Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night condemned any suggestion or action to reduce fire station staff in Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Fire Brigade Employees' Union is seeking a conference with the State Government to avert any staff…
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