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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 30

Laundry Fire One Of Several

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 3

A laundry and some clothing were damaged by fire at the home of G. Johnson, Roxburgh-street, Stockton,…

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State's Worst Bushfire Area In North

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Newcastle to Mungindi is the main bushfire area in N.S.W., but most of the State is…

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Public Jobs Under Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 3

Merit, not political favour, should be the guiding rule for appointments to top public service posts, the Leader of the N.S.W. Opposition (Mr. Robson)…

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Fire Loss £75,000 In Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday. —Damage estimated at £75,000 was caused in a fire in the Adelaide suburb of Southwark…

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